Robotics

//ɹoʊˈbɑ.tɪks// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The science and technology of robots, their design, manufacture, and application uncountable

    "There's irony in three of the greatest experts in robotics in the world falling into the same elementary trap, isn't there?"

  2. 2
    the area of AI concerned with the practical use of robots wordnet

Example

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"Where did you come up with the idea that I'm familiar with robotics and such I wonder?"

Etymology

Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1941 from robot + -ics by comparison to "physics ... hydraulics, celestial mechanics, and so on" in his short story Liar!.

Related phrases

First Law of RoboticsSecond Law of RoboticsThird Law of RoboticsThree Laws of Roboticssoft roboticsartificial intelligencethree laws of robotics

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