ALL meanings of robot
ro·bot
R r - noun robot a machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command. 1
- noun robot a person who acts and responds in a mechanical, routine manner, usually subject to another's will; automaton. 1
- noun robot any machine or mechanical device that operates automatically with humanlike skill. 1
- adjective robot operating automatically: a robot train operating between airline terminals. 1
- noun Technical meaning of robot 1. (robotics) A mechanical device for performing a task which might otherwise be done by a human, e.g. spraying paint on cars. See also cybernetics. 2. (chat) An IRC or MUD user who is actually a program. On IRC, typically the robot provides some useful service. Examples are NickServ, which tries to prevent random users from adopting nicks already claimed by others, and MsgServ, which allows one to send asynchronous messages to be delivered when the recipient signs on. Also common are "annoybots", such as KissServ, which perform no useful function except to send cute messages to other people. Service robots are less common on MUDs; but some others, such as the "Julia" robot active in 1990--91, have been remarkably impressive Turing test experiments, able to pass as human for as long as ten or fifteen minutes of conversation. 3. (web) spider. 1
- noun robot humanoid machine 1
- noun robot automaton, sb controlled 1
- abbreviation ROBOT robotic 1
- countable noun robot A robot is a machine which is programmed to move and perform certain tasks automatically. 0
- noun robot any automated machine programmed to perform specific mechanical functions in the manner of a human 0
- noun robot not controlled by man; automatic 0
- noun robot a person who works or behaves like a machine; automaton 0
- noun robot a set of traffic lights 0
- noun robot any anthropomorphic mechanical being, as those in Karel Čapek's play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), built to do routine manual work for human beings 0
- noun robot any mechanical device operated automatically, esp. by remote control, to perform in a seemingly human way 0
- noun robot an automaton; esp., a person who acts or works mechanically and without originality 0
- noun robot A robot is a mechanical device with a control system that makes it able to carry out tasks automatically. 0