robot
part of speech
noun (robot, robots)
meaning for a pupil
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 →
2) A robot can also mean a person who acts without feeling or thinking, like a machine. tree →
3) In South Africa, a robot is a traffic light. tree →
sense 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 →
- The club built 4 robots. tree →
- Each robot needs 6 batteries. tree →
- How many toys do 3 robots make in 5 hours? tree →
- We programmed a small robot to move in a square. tree →
- A robot rover explores the surface of Mars. tree →
- Robots build cars in big factories. tree →
- Our robot vacuum cleans the floor by itself. tree →
- In the film, the robot learns to make friends. tree →
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.
In the corpora
- A chatbot is only words on a screen; it has no hands, and robots that handle things are a much harder problem.
- Some restaurants use simple robots, guided by sensors, to carry food to tables.
- Most AI is not a talking robot; it is small and quiet, hidden inside things you use without thinking.
- People hope robots and AI will help with boring chores, but real home robots are still clumsy and expensive.
- Robot pets already exist, but they are not living animals and do not need or feel care the way real pets do.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «robot» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.