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robot

[roh-bot] / ˈroʊ bɒt /
NOUN
android, machine
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Hernandez noted that other police technologies, such as a robot dog used in situations involving barricaded suspects, had quietly moved from a pilot to a full-fledged program without input from the council.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Data centers are spending millions on high-tech security, from facial recognition and drones to robot dogs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

And please, don’t send me your robot music.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Jamie explained they designed the 52 kg aluminium frame robot rover and took it compete at a competition in Milton Keynes.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

In fact, what Zeke felt fold over him was not the barbed cage of a giant robot pelican suit, but the tough muscles of a wombat.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

With AI making robots smarter, more manufacturers will rely on them to overcome a lack of workers, said Luciana Lixandru, a Sequoia partner who led the firm’s investment in RobCo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The robots will be expected to dig up lunar material, drive over obstacles and use the material to form a wall.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

The next front between the two companies is shaping up to be over physical AI—humanoid robots and robotaxis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Humanoid robots have the potential to revolutionize life as we know it, and robotics startups across the globe are trying to bring them to market as soon as possible.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

She explained that a fleet of cleanup robots was coming to stop the poison tide and remove it from the ocean.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown




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