How to Use robot in a Sentence

robot

noun
  • The cars are assembled by robots.
  • In the steamy clip, SZA dances for what appears to be a robot propped in a chair.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2023
  • In 2015, the first robot to go inside got stuck on a grate.
    Mari Yamaguchi, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The 2024 Game Awards are in the books and a tiny little robot has come out on top of the big awards show.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
  • To move the robot, the student relaxed, with eyes closed.
    IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Check out or stories on the best robot toys, the best science toys, and the best drones.
    Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 8 Nov. 2022
  • ClearSpace will use a robot to get hold of the debris and burn it in the atmosphere.
    Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The robot shown in the video is far from the finished article.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The kit has plenty of tools to test the 6-axis mini robot arm from home.
    Stack Commerce, Popular Science, 26 July 2023
  • In other words, the system could be part of the brain of future robots.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2023
  • There’s no robot that’s going to be able to replace the touch of a human.
    Bypaige Hagy, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The center of the cell contains the nucleus, which acts like the robot’s hard drive.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
  • And the flames and the embers are fully contained within the robot.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 10 Mar. 2023
  • This robot kit allows kids to be creative on the cheap.
    Paige Szmodis, Popular Mechanics, 6 Oct. 2022
  • And what will happen to workers whose jobs are lost to robots?
    David Ingram, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2023
  • But the claim that these videos show a military robot is false.
    Molly Stellino, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2022
  • When the robot arrives, the customer opens the robot and retrieves the food stored inside.
    Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Well, the iRobot Braava M6 robot mop saves you from having to touch a mop at all—or even be in the same room as one.
    Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2023
  • The robots are here, and the humans are racing to defend against them, or to ally with them.
    James Poniewozik, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • To survive, the robot bonds with the island’s creatures.
    Rudie Obias, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Takeuchi isn’t alone in his efforts to make robots more human-like.
    Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 28 June 2024
  • The Grammys changed their rules a bit for the upcoming award season, and the big loser was robots.
    Vulture, 16 June 2023
  • There are even helpful ancient robots around to give you tips.
    Andrew Webster, The Verge, 11 May 2023
  • But only robots – no humans – have been to Mars, which has 24.6 hour-days, called sols.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Cut down on your chore list with a robot vacuum like iRobot Roomba i1 that does all the work for you.
    Shea Simmons, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2024
  • This robot is cordless, which keeps pool decks clear of any hazardous wires.
    Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 13 May 2023
  • M3gan, the killer-robot-doll film made by both companies, is something of a test run of this merger-to-be.
    Vulture, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The elders of showbiz assumed this whole sci-fi whatchamacalit, with the robots and the light swords and the heavy-breathing bad guy, was some flavor-of-the-month thing.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Unfortunately, there are all kinds of ways of cheating with robots.
    IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Share [Findings] Scientists allowed a king oyster mushroom mycelial culture to control the movements of a soft five-limbed robot and a four-wheel vehicle.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025

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