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  1. noun A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human and is capable of performing a variety of often complex human tasks on command or by being programmed in advance.
  2. noun A machine or device that operates automatically or by remote control.
  3. noun A person who works mechanically without original thought, especially one who responds automatically to the commands of others.

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  • Being deceived in any fashion by a robot was always an embarrassment, since no robot intentionally deceived. —  Split Infinity
  • He had slipped on a headset; she saw his lips moving against the mouthpiece. —  Where There's Smoke
  • Your robot is a silly sort of chap; he has to have his humans. —  Project Pope
  • It had been no more than an exercise of a foolish dream-until Mach had exchanged with Bane, proving that a robot could be the other self of a living person. —  Unicorn Point
  • By definition, a robot was a sentient being imbued with the Three Laws. —  Roger MacBride
 

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  1. Czech, from robota, drudgery; see orbh- in Indo-European roots.
 

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