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robot

Definition

noun: a real or imaginary machine that is controlled by a computer and is often made to look like a human or animal
noun: a machine that looks like a human being and performs various complex acts (as walking or talking) of a human being
sometimes used figuratively to describe a person who seems to do things automatically or who seems to have no feelings or emotions

Examples

A 'robotic' arm is used to mix the chemicals.
He answered their questions 'robotically'.
He answered the questions like a 'robot'.

Movie quotes

(..) Sounds to me like a vision all very simplistic. Not at all. Finally I got it. When they realized it would be too expensive ... build cyborgs and robots, or whether the costs were soaring, they decided that humans ... self transformed into robots. - That's what's happening. - Right now? (..)
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