robotic.

1. Using or concerning machines that perform controlled or programmed actions.

2. Moving or speaking in a stiff, repetitive, or emotionally flat manner.

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Words that belong together

• robotic arm
• robotic system

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A robotic arm retrieved the contaminated sample.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.