roboticist
Builds mechanical workers
A roboticist is someone who designs, builds, or studies robots.
The term covers academic researchers, engineers developing industrial automation, and hobbyists tinkering in garages.
The roboticist programmed the arm to mimic human movements.
As robots become more prevalent, roboticist has moved from specialist jargon toward everyday vocabulary.
Being with body like ours
- bipedTwo-footed creature
- AtlasSky-bearing Titan of myth
- SophiaGreek-derived feminine name
- uncanny valleyEerie near-realism response
facial expression · gesture · anthropomorphic · caregiving · elderly care · receptionist · emotional intelligence · synthetic skin
Integrated automation engineering
- programmingWriting software instructions
- kinematicsStudy of movement itself
- actuatorsMovement-producing mechanisms
- sensorsDevices that detect input
control systems · manipulators · grippers · servomechanism · embedded systems · degrees of freedom · motor control · prototyping
Creator of original devices
- innovatorCreator of new methods
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
entrepreneur · founder · startup · competition · DARPA · visionary · trailblazer
Machines mimicking human thought
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
- neural networksLayered computational learning systems
- computer visionAI interpreting visual data
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
biomimetics · locomotion · SLAM · reinforcement learning · perception · dissertation · laboratory · publication
Constructing from components
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- industrialOf factories and production
- conveyorMechanism that transports items
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
autonomous vehicles · drones · warehouse · welding · inspection · quality control · factory · production line
- WestworldSci-fi frontier resort
- DataCollected facts for analysis
- TerminatorKiller android series
- replicantBioengineered human duplicate
C-3PO · R2-D2 · sentience · sci-fi · cyborg · dystopia · singularity · Blade Runner
humanoid
Being with body like ours
uncanny valley · facial expression · gesture · anthropomorphic · caregiving · elderly care · receptionist · emotional intelligence · synthetic skin · lifelike
mechatronics
Integrated automation engineering
- programmingWriting software instructions
- kinematicsStudy of movement itself
- actuatorsMovement-producing mechanisms
sensors · control systems · manipulators · grippers · servomechanism · embedded systems · degrees of freedom · motor control · prototyping · calibration
inventor
Creator of original devices
- innovatorCreator of new methods
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
patent · entrepreneur · founder · startup · competition · DARPA · visionary · trailblazer
artificial intelligence
Machines mimicking human thought
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
- neural networksLayered computational learning systems
- computer visionAI interpreting visual data
algorithm · biomimetics · locomotion · SLAM · reinforcement learning · perception · dissertation · laboratory · publication · grant
assembly
Constructing from components
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- industrialOf factories and production
- conveyorMechanism that transports items
precision · autonomous vehicles · drones · warehouse · welding · inspection · quality control · factory · production line · repeatability
Asimov
- WestworldSci-fi frontier resort
- DataCollected facts for analysis
- TerminatorKiller android series
C-3PO · R2-D2 · replicant · sentience · sci-fi · cyborg · dystopia · singularity · Blade Runner · Ex Machina
- technical careersengineer, software engineer, software developer, programmer, data scientist
- scientistsbiologist, Einstein, anthropologist, Darwin, chemist
- tech workersprogrammers, programmer, software engineer, developers, software developer
roboticistLuddite
One opposing technological progress
technophobe · artisan · neo-Luddite · craftsman · handworker
roboticistbiologist
One who studies organisms
humanist · psychologist · anthropologist · sociologist · neuroscientist