/
ˈrəʊbɒt/
n.
   - a machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer.
 - another term for crawler (in sense 2).
 - S. African a set of automatic traffic lights.
 
Derivative
- robotization
 or robotisation n.  - robotize
 or robotise v. 
Etymology
from Czech, from robota ‘forced labour’; the term was coined in K. Čapek's play R.U.R. ‘Rossum's Universal Robots’ (1920).