n.[C]

1. 机器人；自动控制装置；遥控装置
   Japanese industry is making increasing use of robots.

   日本工业正越来越多地利用机器人。

2. 机械呆板的人，机器般工作的人

n.

1. a machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer.
2. another term for crawler (in sense ²).
3. S. African a set of automatic traffic lights.