robot
/ˈrəʊbɒt/noun
1- a machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer（尤指可由计算机编程序的）自动机, 自动控制装置。
1.1
- (especially in science fiction) a machine resembling a human being and able to replicate certain human movements and functions automatically（尤指科幻小说中的）机器人, 机械人。
1.2
- used in similes and metaphors to refer to a person who behaves in a mechanical or unemotional manner机器般的人; 行动机械呆板的人：
terminally bored tour guides chattering like robots.
极感厌烦、像机器人般地说个不停的导游。
1.3
- S. African a set of automatic traffic lights〈南非〉自动交通信号机。
词源
from Czech, from robota 'forced labour'. The term was coined in K. Čapek's play R.U.R. 'Rossum's Universal Robots' (1920).