roboticist
English
Etymology
Coined by Isaac Asimov in his 1940 short story "Robbie" (initially published under the title "Strange Playfellow").
Noun
roboticist (plural roboticists)
- One who conceptualizes, designs, builds, programs, and experiments with robots.
- 1940 September, Asimov, Isaac, “Strange Playfellow”, in Super Science Stories, volume 1, number 4, page 70:
- Johnson is an expert Roboticist.
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References
- “roboticist” in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford University Press, 2007, →ISBN, page 165.
- roboticist n. at the OED Science Fiction Citations Project
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