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Date: 1900-2000
Language: Czech
Origin: robota 'work'

robot

 noun
     
Related topics: Technology, Computers
ro‧bot [countable]
TDT a machine that can move and do some of the work of a person, and is usually controlled by a computer:
cars built by robots
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