A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the control may be embedded within.

What does it mean when someone calls you a robot?

robotic Add to list Share. Something is robotic if it moves or behaves like a machine. If you express no emotion and do things in an automatic-seeming way, your friends might say you're robotic.

Are robots essential?

Workers Are Essential to Robots

Robots can't operate without people to program them, maintain them, design them, troubleshoot them, etc. If anything, the use of robots in industry is creating a greater demand for skilled workers than ever before.