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The science and technology of robots, their design, manufacture, and application
* {{quote-magazine
, year = 1941
, date = May
, first = Isaac
, last = Asimov
, authorlink = Isaac Asimov
, magazine =
, title =
, volume = 27
, issue = 3
, page = 53
, passage = There's irony in three of the greatest experts in robotics in the world falling into the same elementary trap, isn't there?
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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.
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* {{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.
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