A robot is a machine which is programmed to move and perform certain tasks automatically.
...very lightweight robots that we could send to the moon for planetary exploration.
Synonyms: machine, automaton, android, bot [informal] More Synonyms of robot
robot in British English
(ˈrəʊbɒt)
noun
1.
any automated machine programmed to perform specific mechanical functions in the manner of a human
2. (modifier)
not controlled by humans; automatic
a robot pilot
3.
a person who works or behaves like a machine; automaton
4. South Africa
a set of traffic lights
Derived forms
robotic (roˈbotic)
adjective
robotism (ˈrobotism) or robotry (ˈrobotry)
noun
robot-like (ˈrobot-ˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
C20: (used in R.U.R., a play by Karel Čapek) from Czech robota work; related to Old Slavonic rabota servitude, German Arbeit work
robot in American English
(ˈroʊˌbɑt)
noun
1.
a.
any anthropomorphic mechanical being, as those in Karel Čapek's play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), built to do routine manual work for human beings
b.
any mechanical device operated automatically, esp. by remote control, to perform in a seemingly human way
2.
an automaton; esp., a person who acts or works mechanically and without originality
(Mechanical engineering: Control, instrumentation and metrology)
A robot is a mechanical device with a control system that makes it able to carry out tasks automatically.
Robots have replaced humans in doing many repetitive and dangerous tasks.
Robots are used extensively in industrial engineering because they allow businesses to savemoney on labor.
A robot is a mechanical device with a control system that makes it able to carry out tasksautomatically.
robot arm
Examples of 'robot' in a sentence
robot
The relationship between humans and robots is a tricky thing.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
Many were sceptical at the idea of human and robot drivers mixing on the roads.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Robots replacing humans could mean more productivity, but fewer jobs.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A giant robot that walks like a human and can go into hazardous situations has taken its first steps.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We moved to the robot.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
One, as humans melt into robots with the help of a 3D gaming glove.
The Sun (2016)
But giant robots fighting it out on the big screen?
Christianity Today (2000)
He looks like a smiling robot with a toy doll on his arm.
The Sun (2008)
The staging included a giant robot which moved through the stadiums they played.
The Sun (2014)
They bought their freedom by sending robots to do their dirty work.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Maybe the answer is to build robots.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Tenants are not passive robots but individual human beings with their own distinct personalities.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
So just how small could these surveillance robots become?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Robot submarines moved the dome off the leaks.
The Sun (2010)
Surely it would be easier to send a robot instead?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Moving image when can a robot be considered human?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Everyone has ended up looking like robots.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Any robot that we send there should get us closer to an answer.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Councils provide more than 800 services and these cannot be delivered by robots or machines.
The Sun (2009)
Remember the giant robot that transformed into the C4?
The Sun (2008)
The robot moves on the floor mechanically, but its actions are decided biologically.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
WOULD you let a robot perform sci-fi surgery on your most precious man parts?
The Sun (2013)
Sports people are perceived as robots and machines and I perceived that too.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I was always escaping into some imaginary world, building things like robots or writing musicals.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Then they said they would deal with it by sending in mechanical robots, who would clean up the uranium waste and bury it safely.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Quotations
The three fundamental Rules of Robotics... One, a robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm... Two... a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First law... Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second LawsIsaac AsimovI, Robot
In other languages
robot
British English: robot /ˈrəʊbɒt/ NOUN
A robot is a machine which moves and performs certain tasks automatically.
...very lightweight robots that we could send to the moon.
American English: robot
Arabic: إِنْسانٌ آلِيّ
Brazilian Portuguese: robô
Chinese: 机器人
Croatian: robot
Czech: robot
Danish: robot
Dutch: robot
European Spanish: robot
Finnish: robotti
French: robot
German: Roboter
Greek: ρομπότ
Italian: robot
Japanese: ロボット
Korean: 로봇
Norwegian: robot
Polish: robot
European Portuguese: robô
Romanian: robot
Russian: робот
Latin American Spanish: robot
Swedish: robot
Thai: หุ่นยนต์
Turkish: robot
Ukrainian: робот
Vietnamese: người máy
Chinese translation of 'robot'
robot
(ˈrəubɔt)
n(c)
机(機)器人 (jīqìrén) (个(個), gè)
(noun)
Definition
a machine programmed to perform specific tasks in a human manner, esp. one with a human shape
a working robot assistant for surgeons
Synonyms
machine
automaton
android
Star Trek's android, Data
bot (informal)
mechanical man or woman
Quotation
The three fundamental Rules of Robotics... One, a robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm... Two... a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First law... Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws [Isaac Asimov – I, Robot]