robotics

English

Etymology

Coined by Isaac Asimov from robot + -ics by comparison to "physics ... hydraulics, celestial mechanics, and so on" [1] in his 1941 book Liar!.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɹəʊˈbɒt.ɪks/ X-SAMPA: /r@U"bQt.Iks/

Noun

Wikipedia robotics (uncountable)

1. The science and technology of robots, their design, manufacture, and application

Translations

The science and technology of robots

• Basque: robotika (eu)
• Catalan: robòtica (ca) f
• Czech: robotika (cs)
• Finnish: robotiikka (fi)
• German: Robotik (de) f
• Greek: ρομποτική (el) (robotikí) f 
• Icelandic: þjarkafræði (is) f
• Khmer: រូបយន្តវិទ្យា (km) (roob yon vit tyea)

• Lithuanian: robototechnika (lt) f, robotų technika (lt)
• Portuguese: robótica (pt)
• Romanian: robotica (ro)
• Russian: робототехника (ru) (robototexnika)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: робо̀тика (sh) f

  Roman: robòtika (sh) f

• Spanish: robótica (es) f

Related terms

• artificial intelligence
• three laws of robotics

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