robotic

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˌroʊˈbɑtɪk/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Of, relating to, or characteristic of a robot or robots.; Mechanical, stiff, or lacking natural emotion or spontaneity in movement or behavior.; Involving the use of robots or automated machinery, especially in surgery or manufacturing.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more robotic Superlative: most robotic

Collocations

robotic armrobotic surgeryrobotic voicerobotic movementrobotic process automationrobotic system

Derivatives

robotroboticsroboticallyrobotizerobotization

Synonyms

mechanicalautomatedmachine-likeautomaticmechanized

Antonyms

humannaturalorganicmanual

Commonly confused

robotics
EN: 'Robotics' is the noun referring to the field or discipline of designing robots; 'robotic' is the adjective describing something resembling or relating to robots.
robotical
EN: 'Robotical' is non-standard and rarely used; 'robotic' is the correct and accepted adjective form.

Spelling tips

EN: Do not add '-al' to form 'robotical'; the standard adjective is simply 'robotic'. Also distinguish from 'robotics' (the noun for the field).

💬 Examples

  1. The factory uses robotic arms to assemble the cars.

  2. His robotic delivery of the speech made the audience lose interest.

  3. Robotic surgery allows for greater precision and smaller incisions.