Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The science or study of the technology associated with the design, fabrication, theory, and application of robots.
Wiktionary
- n. The science and technology of robots, their design, manufacture, and application
WordNet 3.0
- n. the area of AI concerned with the practical use of robots
Etymologies
- Coined by Isaac Asimov from robot + -ics by comparison to "physics ... hydraulics, celestial mechanics, and so on" in his 1941 book Liar!. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“But a startling breakthrough in robotics is about to occur, one that will bring to life the age-old dream of marrying artificial intelligence with a mechanical body to create the first living robot: a Cylon.”
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“The term robotics was introduced by writer Isaac Asimov.”
“The ARISE® program, as I call my robotics curriculum, has developed and grown from one course to four different courses over the past seven years.”
The Huffington Post: Steven Paley: Robotics And Tzedakah: A Creative Approach
“The first, “A More Perfect You: The Science of Surrogates” (14 minutes), talks about advances in robotics as well as a little information on the making of the movie, especially in terms of how to turn an older actor into an ageless robot by combining makeups, prosthetics, and special effects.”
“But it seems to give a "green light" for even more robust commercial space vehicle developments in robotics and manned space flight during coming years.”
“The CEO of Wowwee robotics is my guess - he used to work for NASA, right?”
“Thirty years, and many advances in robotics later, mannequins were so life-like that they were only allowed to have simple programmed instructions.”
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“People who have never worked in robotics often have wildly exaggerated ideas about what is feasible. common sense”
“We have no where near the capabilities in robotics to do everything autonomously.”
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“Manned missions are hugely more expensive and the practical case for sending people weakens with every advance in robotics and miniaturisation.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘robotics’.
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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They Came From Outer Space!
Words coined in or popularized by science fiction. Some stolen from here: http://io9....
spaceman, spacesuit, spaceship, astronaut, robotics, android, grok, robot, microcomputer, hyperdrive, cyberspace, spacecraft and 10 more...
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word set 5
sapidity, devolved, mincingly, zootechnics, eschatology, tribulations, peccadillo, anorgasmia, hermaphrodite, serial monogamy, freethinker, sorceress and 83 more...
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