robot

nounandroid, machine

Synonyms for robot

noun android, machine

Word Origin & History

1923, from English translation of 1920 play "R.U.R." ("Rossum's Universal Robots"), by Karel Capek (1890-1938), from Czech robotnik "slave," from robota "forced labor, compulsory service, drudgery," from robotiti "to work, drudge," from an Old Czech source akin to Old Church Slavonic rabota "servitude," from rabu "slave," from Old Slavic *orbu-, from PIE *orbh- "pass from one status to another" (see orphan). The Slavic word thus is a cousin to German Arbeit "work" (Old High German arabeit). According to Rawson the word was popularized by Karel Capek's play, "but was coined by his brother Josef (the two often collaborated), who used it initially in a short story."

Example Sentences for robot

This was as close as a robot could look to a cop in uniform, without being a joke.

Then I noticed the tiny glow of light in the robot's eye lenses.

All this kept the robot busy, and we got so used to him we were hardly aware he was around.

None of us knew the littlest bit about what a robot can or cannot do.

But a robot can't take the place of a cop, it's a complex human job.

This is not the kind of thing, though, that you explain to a robot.

I know a robot can't be happy or sad—but Ned seems to be happy.

What with putting on a robot as a full-fledged police officer.

Then he dubbed the robot Charles, after a father he had never known.

"I hope he finds his Martha," the robot croaked, and then the tape broke.

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