Robot
- noun
- An artificial person, assembled from biological components.
- Origin
- Robota, serf labour.
- Source
- Rossum’s Universal Robots
Ghostbuster
- noun
- A professional paranormal investigator and exterminator.
- Source
- Ghostbusters
Seatrider
- noun
- A personal air vehicle of which the pilot’s seat forms an integral part of the airframe.
- Source
- Matter
Avatoid
- noun
- An android acting as the avatar of a ship’s Mind.
- Source
- Matter
Sexoid
- noun
- An android designed to serve as a sexual device.
- Source
- Innocence
Deathday
- noun
- The anniversary of a person’s death, celebrated posthumously by a computer simulation of the deceased.
- Source
- Red Dwarf
Shellworld
- noun
- An artificial planet comprising a solid core surrounded by a concentric succession of spherical shells.
- Source
- Matter
Patlabor
- noun
- A type of robot originally intended for heavy construction work, adapted for police use to combat crime and terrorism.
- Origin
- Portmanteau of ‘patrol’ and ‘labor’.
- Source
- Mobile Police Patlabor
Musicometer
- noun
- A device allowing the operator to compose music automatically.
- Origin
- Derived from metron (measure).
- Source
- We
RoboCop
- noun proper
- A cyborg law enforcer, formerly Detroit Police Officer Alexander James Murphy.
- Source
- RoboCop
Yuny
- noun informal
- The uniform clothing worn by all citizens of OneState.
- Source
- We
Titanfall
- noun
- Deployment of a “Titan” robot from orbit to the surface of a planet.
- Source
- Titanfall