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robotics

[ roh-bot-iks ]

/ roʊˈbɒt ɪks /

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noun (used with a singular verb)

the use of computer-controlled robots to perform manual tasks, especially on an assembly line.

Origin of robotics

1941; robot + -ics; coined by Isaac Asimov

Words nearby robotics

robot bomb, robot dancing, robot pilot, robotic, roboticist, robotics, robotize, robson, robstown, robus, robust

Example sentences from the Web for robotics

Is that what we want for the students at Carl Hayden High, where the robotics club is still going strong?

These Undocumented Teens Outsmarted MIT—and Still Cant Get Real Jobs in America |Jonathan Alter |July 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The implications are enormous as all this comes amid widespread and growing excitement about robotics in daily life.

The 'Killer Robot' Olympics |Christopher Dickey |December 19, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
But nobody connected with the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Robotics Challenge wants to admit that.

The 'Killer Robot' Olympics |Christopher Dickey |December 19, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Born in 1960, just outside of Paris, LeCun has been drawn to computers, robotics, and artificial intelligence since a young age.

Soon All Your Best Facebook Friends Will Be Robots |William O’Connor |December 17, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

No one can predict the direction or dimensions of robotics a decade from now.

Robotic Technologies Could Aggravate the U.S. Problem of Slow Jobs Growth |Robert Shapiro |July 19, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He knew where you could get plans for the robotics, and off-the-shelf motors and sensors.

Makers |Cory Doctorow
I thought it over for a second, then asked, "But what do your robotics men say is causing the malfunctions?"

A Spaceship Named McGuire |Gordon Randall Garrett

British Dictionary definitions for robotics

robotics

/ (rəʊˈbɒtɪks) /

noun (functioning as singular)

the science or technology of designing, building, and using robots

another name for robot dancing