roboticist
nounEtymology Coined by Isaac Asimov in 1940. robot + -ic + -ist. Coined in his short story "Robbie" (initially published under the title "Strange Playfellow").
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One who conceptualizes, designs, builds, programs, and experiments with robots.
- Johnson is an expert Roboticist.1940 September, Isaac Asimov, “Strange Playfellow”, in Super Science Stories, volume 1, number 4, page 70:
- Related terms
- robopsychologist, robot, robotic, robotics