robotic

Coined by Isaac Asimov in his 1941 short story Liar!.

• enPR: rō-bot′ik
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹəʊˈbɒt.ɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊˈbɑt.ɪk/ [ɹoʊˈbɑɾɪk]

robotic (comparative more robotic, superlative most robotic)

1. Of, relating to, or resembling a robot; mechanical, lacking emotion or personality, etc.
   • 1941 May, Asimov, Isaac, “Liar!”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 27, number 3, page 50:

     You'd cut your own nose off before you'd let me get the credit for solving robotic telepathy.

   • 2000 August 20, James, Caryn, “The Nation; When a Kiss Isn't Just a Kiss”, in The New York Times‎:

     In Vice President Al Gore's campaign to change his robotic image, nothing may have helped more than the big smooch.

• robotics
• robot
• roboticist

• “robotic” in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-530567-8, page 165.
• robotic n. at the OED Science Fiction Citations Project

• coorbit, corbito