Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Resembling the unthinking, automatic, or rigidly precise functioning of a machine: Describing actions, movements, or processes that are mechanical, lacking natural fluidity, spontaneity, or emotion.
   • Of or relating to mechanical robots: Pertaining to the technology, design, or operation of robots.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • His movements were stiff and robotic after the long meeting. (Describing rigid, machine-like movement.)
  • The factory uses a highly robotic assembly line for car production. (Relating to the use of robots.)
  • She delivered the speech in a flat, robotic monotone. (Describing unemotional, automatic speech.)

Advanced Usage

• "robotic process automation (RPA)": A technology application for automating repetitive, rule-based digital tasks.
  • The company implemented robotic process automation to handle data entry.

Variants and Related Words

• Robot (n): A machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically.
  • The robot can assemble electronic components.
• Robotics (n): The branch of technology concerned with the design, construction, and operation of robots.
  • He studies robotics engineering.

Synonyms

• Automatic: Operating with little or no direct human control.
• Mechanical: Performed or performing without thought or emotion; machine-like.
• Machinelike: Resembling a machine in efficiency, regularity, or lack of emotion.

Related Phrases

• Robotic arm: A mechanical arm, often programmable, that functions similarly to a human arm.
  • The surgeon used a robotic arm for the precise procedure.
• Robotic surgery: Surgery performed using robotic systems to aid in precision and control.
  • The patient opted for minimally invasive robotic surgery.

Adjective

1. resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine
   • an automatic `thank you'
   • machinelike efficiency
2. of or relating to mechanical robots
   • among our robotic devices is a vacuum cleaner