English

Noun

robotics ‎(uncountable)

1. The science and technology of robots, their design, manufacture, and application
   • 1941 May, Asimov, Isaac, “Liar!”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 27, number 3, page 53:

     There's irony in three of the greatest experts in robotics in the world falling into the same elementary trap, isn't there?

Translations

Related terms

• artificial intelligence
• three laws of robotics

Anagrams

• corbitos

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007) Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-530567-8, page 165
• robotics n. at the OED Science Fiction Citations Project