robotic
adjective
ro·bot·ic
rō-ˈbä-tik 
rə-
1
: of or relating to mechanical robots
2
: having the characteristics of a robot
performs with robotic consistency
Examples of robotic in a Sentence
the dishwasher is one of the greatest robotic devices ever invented
with a single robotic motion, she reached for a cigarette and a lighter the instant she sat down
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Elon Musk's company launched its 32nd robotic resupply mission to the ISS for NASA early Monday morning (April 21), sending a Dragon freighter aloft from Florida's Space Coast.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Your next half-marathon could be getting some robotic flair.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2025
Investment and attention have long been focused on implants that enable severely disabled people to operate computer keyboards, control robotic arms, or regain some use of their own paralyzed limbs.
—ArsTechnica, 21 Apr. 2025
The idea is that combining cheap-to-make AUVs with their own heavy armaments that are equally cheap and linking them with an intelligent sonar network would create fleets of robotic subs able to engage enemy ships and submarines in numbers never before seen.
—New Atlas, 21 Apr. 2025
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Your next half-marathon could be getting some robotic flair.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2025
Investment and attention have long been focused on implants that enable severely disabled people to operate computer keyboards, control robotic arms, or regain some use of their own paralyzed limbs.
—ArsTechnica, 21 Apr. 2025
The idea is that combining cheap-to-make AUVs with their own heavy armaments that are equally cheap and linking them with an intelligent sonar network would create fleets of robotic subs able to engage enemy ships and submarines in numbers never before seen.
—New Atlas, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Robotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/robotic. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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