Robot (Goodies episode)
WordNet
noun
(1) A mechanism that can move automatically
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From both and . First appeared in the 1921 science-fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek after having been suggested to him by his brother Josef http://ui.fpf.slu.cz/persons/Kelemen/articles/HorKelALIFEIXDef.pdf, and taken into the English translation without change.
Noun
- A mechanical or virtual, artificial agent.
- An electro-mechanical system, which, by its appearance or movements, conveys a sense that it has intent or agency of its own.
- A machine which is anthropomorphic or zoomorphic in shape or scope of function.
- A person who does not seem to have any emotions.
- Being a robot, Jessica chose to wear a casual pair of shorts to the funeral and didn't even cry.
- Traffic lights.
- A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.
- A style of dance popular in disco whereby the dancer impersonates the movement of a robot