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robot

[roh-bot] / ˈroʊ bɒt /
NOUN
android, machine
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“He’s landing rockets on robot drone rafts in the ocean, and you’re saying he doesn’t know what he’s doing,” Ellison rebuffed critics at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

A robot that looks human but behaves differently is creepy, an effect known as the uncanny valley.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

"We don't have a robot internet yet," Christoforos Mavrogiannis from the University of Michigan told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

I once had occasion to ask the creator of Paro—a soft, white robot used to comfort patients in hospitals and clinics—why he chose a baby seal for Paro’s design.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

But the little robot was tougher than it seemed.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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