- pronunciation:
- ro
bat
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
A robot is a machine that can do some of the same things that people do. Robots are often used to do certain kinds of tasks in factories.
Scientists sometimes use robots to explore things in space. Robots can do things like take pictures and gather rocks for scientists to study.
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| derivations: |
robotic (adj.), robotlike (adj.) |
Robot comes from a Czech word that means "forced labor." The word
robot was first used in a play about mechanical men that were built to do all the hard physical labor of a society.