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# robot

noun (robot, robots)

«robot» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A robot is a machine that can do jobs by itself, following a program; some move and act like a person or an animal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robot/#m1)
2. A robot can also mean a person who acts without feeling or thinking, like a machine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robot/#m2)
3. In South Africa, a robot is a traffic light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robot/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths: things counted or built; robots that make items at a rate; total = rate × hours × robots. In science and technology: coding robots, sensors, robots in factories, on Mars and in hospitals. In everyday life: robot vacuum cleaners, robot toys. In stories: friendly and scary robots in films and books.

### Examples

- A robot makes 12 toys an hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robot/#x1)
- The club built 4 robots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robot/#x2)
- Each robot needs 6 batteries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robot/#x3)
- How many toys do 3 robots make in 5 hours? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robot/#x4)
- We programmed a small robot to move in a square. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robot/#x5)
- A robot rover explores the surface of Mars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robot/#x6)
- Robots build cars in big factories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robot/#x7)
- Our robot vacuum cleans the floor by itself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robot/#x8)
- In the film, the robot learns to make friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robot/#x9)

### Note

Often a worker with a rate per hour: total = rate × hours × robots. Trap: none. A robot only does what it is programmed to do; it does not think or feel like a person. The word comes from a Czech play and an old word for hard work.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «robot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«robot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/robot.html) on Mova free.