roboid

roboid

English

Etymology

robot +‎ -oid

Noun

roboid (plural roboids)

1. (science fiction) A robotic creature.
   • 1974, Michael Moorcock, The shores of death

     A roboid waiter, human-like but running on hidden casters, paused with a tray of drinks.

   • 1998, Nigel Kerner, Song of the Greys

     The terrifying thing about all of this is that we now have a distinct possibility that a hive of aliens with their attendant purely biomechanical roboids the Greys, from another part of our universe, are intercepting and intervening in the affairs of our species.

   • 2009, Arnold J. Inzko, The Siblings' Legacy

     It is their challenge, with the help of Tania, a roboid, to adapt the siblings to their new environment.