Rit
- pronoun
- The third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a robot.
- Source
- The Child of Clay
Vespcam
- noun
- A miniature video camera with the ability to hover in the air.
- Origin
- Derived from vespa (wasp).
- Source
- Embassytown
Wildcode
- noun plural
- Rogue nanomachines.
- Source
- The Fractal Prince
Biot
- noun
- A biomechatronic robot.
- Origin
- Portmanteau of ‘biological’ and ‘robot’.
- Source
- Rendezvous With Rama
Robotics
- noun
- A branch of technology dealing with the design, construction, operation, and application of robots.
- Source
- Liar!
Robot
- noun
- An artificial person, assembled from biological components.
- Origin
- Robota, serf labour.
- Source
- Rossum’s Universal Robots
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
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
Titanfall
- noun
- Deployment of a “Titan” robot from orbit to the surface of a planet.
- Source
- Titanfall
Megatech
- noun proper
- A manufacturer of prosthetic bodies.
- Origin
- Truncation of ‘mega-technology’.
- Source
- Ghost in The Shell
Droid
- noun
- A robot with an anthropomorphic appearance.
- Origin
- Abbreviation of ‘android’.
- Source
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope