robotics

English

Etymology

Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1941 from robot +‎ -ics by comparison to "physics ... hydraulics, celestial mechanics, and so on" in his short story Liar!.

Pronunciation

enPR: rō-bŏt′iks
(UK) IPA^(key): /ɹəʊˈbɒt.ɪks/
Audio (southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊˈbɑt.ɪks/, [ɹoʊˈbɑɾɪks]

Noun

robotics (uncountable)

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?

Hypernyms

mechatronics

Coordinate terms

artificial intelligence

Derived terms

First Law of Robotics
Second Law of Robotics
Third Law of Robotics
Three Laws of Robotics

Related terms

robopsychologist
robot
robotic
roboticist

Translations

the science and technology of robots

Albanian: robotikë f
Arabic: رُوبُوتِيَّة‎ f (rōbōtiyya), عِلْمُ الرُّوبُوتَات‎ m (ʿilmu r-rōbōtāt)
Azerbaijani: robototexnika
Basque: robotika (eu)
Belarusian: робататэ́хніка f (robatatéxnika)
Bulgarian: робо́тика f (robótika)
Catalan: robòtica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 機器人學／机器人学 (zh) (jīqìrénxué)
Czech: robotika (cs) f
Estonian: robootika
Finnish: robotiikka (fi)
German: Robotik f
Greek: ρομποτική (el) f (rompotikí)
Hebrew: רוֹבּוֹטִיקָה‎ (he) f
Hindi: रोबॉटिक्स (robŏṭiks)
Hungarian: robotika
Icelandic: þjarkafræði f
Italian: robotica (it) f
Japanese: ロボット工学 (ロボットこうがく, robotto kōgaku), ロボティックス (robotikkusu)
Kazakh: робототехника (robototexnika)
Khmer: រូបយន្តវិទ្យា (ruupyŭən vɨtyiə)
Korean: 로봇공학 (robotgonghak), 로봇학 (robothak)
Latin: ars robotica f
Latvian: robotika f, robototehnika f
Lithuanian: robototechnika (lt) f, robotų technika (lt), robotika (lt) f
Macedonian: роботика f (robotika)
Persian: رباتیک‎ (robâtik)
Polish: robotyka (pl) f
Portuguese: robótica (pt) f
Romanian: robotică (ro) f
Russian: робототе́хника (ru) f (robototéxnika)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: робо̀тика f
Roman: robòtika (sh) f
Slovak: robotika f
Slovene: robotika f
Spanish: robótica (es) f
Thai: วิทยาการหุ่นยนต์ (wít-tá-yaa-gaan-hùn-yon)
Turkish: robotik (tr)
Ukrainian: робототе́хніка f (robototéxnika)

References

Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “robotics”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 165.
Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2023), “robotics n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.

Anagrams

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