Robot (disambiguation) - Definition and Overview

Robot can mean:

• A kind of device, see robot
• Slang used in some countries for the automated red, amber, green traffic light controlling a road junction
• Swedish word for guided missile
• A type of camera
• The name of the dog who discovered the cave paintings at Lascaux
• An automated software program (often bot) used on the Internet (see Robots Exclusion Standard)
• A dance characterized by jerking movements of the arms, legs, and hips.
• The Robot Patent was a reform enacted by Maria Theresa of Austria in 1771, concerning serf labor.
• Robot is the title of the first Doctor Who serial featuring Tom Baker as the 4th Doctor which began season 12 of this famous sci-fi television series.

Robots may refer to

• A 2005 computer-animated movie: Robots

See also

• Bot