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  • noun Plural form of roboticist.

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Examples

  • Some girl was bouncing around the lunchroom being charming at prospective young roboticists, and before she knew it, Elayna was enrolled.

    Odin's Day auryn29a 2009

  • Founded in 1990 by roboticists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, iRobot has carved out a niche as both a military contractor and a consumer-robotics company.

    Where Humans Fear to Tread Nathan Hodge 2011

  • Several prominent roboticists in Japan have admitted they still dream of building Astro Boy.

    Tezuka Film Retrospective Report » Manga Worth Reading 2009

  • Thrun gathered an all-star team of roboticists and A.I. specialists and, in effect, created a follow-up to the 2005 contest where Stanley had prevailed.

    In the Plex Steven Levy 2011

  • Thrun gathered an all-star team of roboticists and A.I. specialists and, in effect, created a follow-up to the 2005 contest where Stanley had prevailed.

    In the Plex Steven Levy 2011

  • In this week's CBC Search Engine podcast, there's a hilarious interview with "Joey Chaos," a teenaged new-wave goth rocker who's upset that some roboticists in Texas "stole" his name and look for their robot.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • If that sounds like I'm being a smartass, this principle of just looking at the world rather than building up an internal representation of it is one that AI researchers and roboticists had to learn the hard way, after countless man hours and grant dollars thrown at the problem of trying to get computers to generate navigable, ongoing, updating models of the surrounding environment.

    Archive 2010-02-07 2010

  • If that sounds like I'm being a smartass, this principle of just looking at the world rather than building up an internal representation of it is one that AI researchers and roboticists had to learn the hard way, after countless man hours and grant dollars thrown at the problem of trying to get computers to generate navigable, ongoing, updating models of the surrounding environment.

    UNDERSTANDING COMICS: More about closure 2010

  • While Japanese researchers have led advances in robot engineering, many European roboticists have instead focused on studying how robots will interact with humans.

    First robot able to develop and show emotions is unveiled 2010

  • While androids — humanlike robots — dominate popular perceptions, many roboticists believe that the robots of the future will be limited-function machines that look nothing like people.

    10 Things You Might Not Know About Robots | Disinformation 2008

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