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robotic

[ roh-bot-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

in the manner of a robot; mechanical; lacking human intelligence or emotion:
He’s so constant and efficient that he looks robotic on the ice, and his scores for artistic performance suffer.
performed by a robot without active guidance from a human operator:
Over the course of several robotic missions, NASA gathered information about the surface of Mars and its atmosphere.

Origin of robotic¹

First recorded in 1925–30; robot ( def ) + -ic ( def )

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