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robot noun 1 especially in science-fiction: a machine that vaguely resembles a human being and which can be programmed to carry out tasks. Compare android. 2 an automatic machine that can be programmed to perform specific tasks. 3 colloq someone who works efficiently but who lacks human warmth or sensitivity. 4 chiefly S Afr an automatic traffic signal. robotic adj. robotize or robotise verb (robotized, robotizing) to automate (a job, etc). robot-like adj.
ETYMOLOGY: 20c: Czech (in the title of Karl Capek's 1920 play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), from robota forced labour.
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