a machine programmed to carry out a sequence of actions automatically, e.g. on an assembly line
esp in science fiction, a machine, often in a roughly human shape and with near human intelligence, that carries out human functions
a person who carries out tasks mechanically or, though efficient, lacks human warmth and sensitivity
an automatic apparatus or device that performs functions ordinarily ascribed to human beings or operates with what appears to be almost human intelligence
a humanoid machine that walks and talks
somebody efficient or clever who lacks human warmth or sensitivity
SAfr a set of traffic lights
[Czech robot, from robota forced labour; coined by Karel Ĉapek d.1938, Czech writer]