— robotism , n. — robotic, robotistic /roh'beuh tis"tik, -bo-/ , adj. — robotlike , adj.
/roh"beuht, -bot/ , n.
1. a machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command.
2. a person who acts and responds in a mechanical, routine manner, usually subject to another's will; automaton.
3. any machine or mechanical device that operates automatically with humanlike skill.
adj.
4. operating automatically: a robot train operating between airline terminals.
[ R.U.R. (1920) from the base robot-, as in robota compulsory labor, robotník peasant owing such labor ]