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Cybernetic vs Robotic - What's the difference?

cybernetic | robotic |

As adjectives the difference between cybernetic and robotic

is that cybernetic is of or relating to cybernetics—the mathematical study of communication and control in the animal and the machine while robotic is of, relating to, or resembling a robot; mechanical, lacking emotion or personality, etc.

cybernetic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to cybernetics—the mathematical study of communication and control in the animal and the machine.
  • Of or relating to computers and internet.

    • Related terms

    * cyber- * cybernetics * cybernetically * cyber * cyberneticist, cybernetician

    robotic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or resembling a robot; mechanical, lacking emotion or personality, etc.
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1941 , date = May , first = Isaac , last = Asimov , authorlink = Isaac Asimov , magazine = , title = , volume = 27 , issue = 3 , page = 50 , passage = You'd cut your own nose off before you'd let me get the credit for solving robotic telepathy. }}
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year = 2000 , date = August 20 , first = Caryn , last = James , work = , title = The Nation; When a Kiss Isn't Just a Kiss , url = http://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/20/weekinreview/the-nation-when-a-kiss-isn-t-just-a-kiss.html , passage = In Vice President Al Gore's campaign to change his robotic image, nothing may have helped more than the big smooch. }}

    Related terms

    * robotics * robot * roboticist

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    * * English terms derived from fiction