robotics

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robotics

/ɹəʊˈbɒt.ɪks/ UK
/ɹoʊˈbɑ.tɪks/ Atlantic Canada, US
[ɹoʊˈbɑ.ɾɪks] Atlantic Canada, US
/ɹoʊˈbɒt.ɪks/ Boston, Canada, Maine
/ɹəʉˈbɔt.ɪks/ Australia
[ɹəʉˈbɔɾ.ɪks] Australia

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Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1941 from robot + -ics by comparison to "physics ... hydraulics, celestial mechanics, and so on" in his short story Liar!.

noun

uncountable The science and technology of robots, their design, manufacture, and application There's irony in three of the greatest experts in robotics in the world falling into the same elementary trap, isn't there?

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: robot, bots, robots, robotology, sociorobotics, sensorics, rocket science, anthropotechnics, psychotechnology, rocketry, robopsychology, tribology, technism, cybernetics, engineering, astrotechnology

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noun the science and technology of robots

Español	robótica
한국어	로봇공학 robotgonghak, 로봇학 robothak
日本語	ロボット工学 robotto kōgaku, ロボティックス robotikkusu
中文	機器人學 /机器人学 jīqìrénxué
हिन्दी	रोबॉटिक्स robŏṭiks
Português	robótica
Français	robotique
Deutsch	Robotik
Italiano	robotica
Ελληνικά	ρομποτική rompotikí
Română	robotică
Русский	робототе́хника robototéxnika
العربية	رُوبُوتِيَّة rōbōtiyya, عِلْمُ الرُّوبُوتَات ʕilmu r-rōbōtāt
עברית	רוֹבּוֹטִיקָה

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@misc{robotics_2026,
  title = {robotics},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/robotics},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}