ROBOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does robot mean? 

• ROBOT (noun)
  The noun ROBOT has 1 sense:

1. a mechanism that can move automatically

  Familiarity information: ROBOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROBOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mechanism that can move automatically

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

automaton; golem; robot

Hypernyms ("robot" is a kind of...):

mechanism (device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "robot"):

android; humanoid; mechanical man (an automaton that resembles a human being)

 Context examples 

However, today's robots and computers are not socially aware, so they cannot adapt to non-verbal cues.

(Eyes Can Indicate Personality Type, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Scientists have identified mechanisms in the human brain that could help explain the phenomenon of the ‘Uncanny Valley’ – the unsettling feeling we get from robots and virtual agents that are too human-like.

(Scientists identify possible source of the ‘Uncanny Valley’ in the brain, University of Cambridge)

"We can control the light to ensure that a robot will hold its shape at any point."

(Technique uses magnets, light to control and reconfigure soft robots, National Science Foundation)

Using robots thousands of samples can be arrayed on a single chip.

(DNA Microarray Chip, NCI Thesaurus)

Even the most advanced robots come nowhere near the grasping ability of animals when dealing with objects of varying shapes, sizes and textures.

(Researchers study birds to improve how robots land, National Science Foundation)

This discovery, led by researchers at the University of Cambridge, was aided by Eve, an artificially-intelligent ‘robot scientist’.

(Toothpaste ingredient may help fight drug-resistant malaria, University of Cambridge)

Use of robots and other automated techniques to screen large numbers of samples.

(High Throughput Screening, NCI Thesaurus)

The results could inspire more robust and computationally efficient visual control algorithms for autonomous aerial robots.

(Scientists discover how birds navigate crosswinds, National Science Foundation)

Using modal effective mass theory, the team conceptualized the dinosaur's body as a series of springs and other components, first as a computer model and then as a physical robot.

(Scientific study suggests dinosaurs flapped their wings as they ran, Wikinews)

The idea would be to have the astronauts control robots on the Martian surface from the moons of Mars, without the considerable time delay faced by Earth-based operators.

(Solar Eruptions Could Electrify Martian Moons, NASA)