How to Use robotic in a Sentence

robotic

adjective
  • Think of them like tiny robotic pets.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The final eight bots face off in a robotic fight to the death.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The footage will be used to train robotic systems.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The probe used its robotic arm and drilling tools to take samples.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 4 June 2024
  • And yet of course, few athletes are so robotic as to have no fear.
    — T. M. Luhrmann, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022
  • Ahead, find the best robotic pool cleaners that’ll do the hard work for you.
    — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 13 May 2023
  • Sinner, who can come across as robotic and cool, seems to need that, too.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 29 June 2025
  • That starts with the robotic workforce.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026
  • To her, the voice sounded robotic.
    — David Ingram, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Costa sets a timer for the first of three rounds, and a robotic voice counts down the start.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
  • Just look at the roster of robotic surgeons out there these days.
    — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Now, a new type of robotic vehicle could help change that.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Clone built a human-like robotic arm in a span of 18 months.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Its most human-like features are its robotic hands.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 June 2026
  • This robotic lawn mower learns your lawn and can cut the grass at the touch of a button.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
  • Liv is a leading center for robotic surgery.
    — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The language of such emails is often robotic.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Our robotic hands can do exactly that.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
  • Its robotic arms are another key piece.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The exact object that punched a hole in the robotic arm is unknown.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2021
  • This was the first robotic rover that had mobility and could move on its own.
    — Meghan Willcoxon, Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2022
  • Nathan Never’s ray gun with a robotic hand in a display case.
    — Boris Sollazzo, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2023
  • These are on the end of the rover's 7-foot-long (2-meter-long) robotic arm.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Once the robotic chirping stopped about a minute later came the real work.
    — New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The robotic ball’s engines could warm the water to create a steam boost.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 July 2022
  • The upright, with the integral brake caliper is more like a robotic wasp nest.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The smart charging system is equipped with a six-axis robotic arm.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Mission engineers have used the robotic arm to push the probe down and scrape dirt on top.
    — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 15 Dec. 2020
  • In fact, almost all robotic missions are planned as one-way affairs.
    — New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The voice didn't sound overly robotic, either.
    — Jill Duffy, PC Magazine, 17 June 2026

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