robotics

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˌroʊˈbɑtɪks/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The branch of technology and engineering that deals with the design, construction, operation, and application of robots, as well as computer systems for their control, sensory feedback, and information processing.; The study or use of robotic systems in a particular field or industry, such as manufacturing, medicine, or space exploration.; The collective body of robots or robotic devices used in a specific context or environment.

🔗 Details

Word forms

uncountable

Collocations

robotics engineeringrobotics researchfield of roboticsadvances in roboticsrobotics labindustrial robotics

Derivatives

robotroboticroboticallyroboticist

Synonyms

robot technologyautomationautomaton engineering

Commonly confused

robot
EN: 'Robot' is the physical machine itself; 'robotics' is the field of study and technology concerned with designing and building robots.
robotic
EN: 'Robotic' is the adjective form (e.g., 'robotic arm'); 'robotics' is the noun naming the discipline.

Spelling tips

EN: Despite the '-ics' ending resembling a plural, 'robotics' is a singular uncountable noun (like 'physics' or 'mathematics') and takes a singular verb: 'Robotics is a growing field.'

💬 Examples

  1. She studied robotics at MIT and went on to design autonomous surgical robots.

  2. Advances in robotics have transformed the automotive manufacturing industry.

  3. The warehouse relies on robotics to sort and ship thousands of packages daily.