robot
noun /ˈrəʊbɒt/
/ˈrəʊbɑːt/
- These cars are built by robots.
- On her first flight she was responsible for operating the shuttle's robot arm.
- a toy robot
- The action starts when an army of giant robots invades Manhattan.
- (South African English) a traffic light
- Turn left at the first robot.
Word Originfrom Czech, from robota ‘forced labour’. The term was coined in K. Čapek's play R.U.R. ‘ Rossum's Universal Robots’ (1920).