roboticist

Coined by Isaac Asimov in his 1940 short story "Robbie" (initially published under the title "Strange Playfellow").

roboticist (plural roboticists)

1. One who conceptualizes, designs, builds, programs, and experiments with robots.
   • 1940 September, Asimov, Isaac, “Strange Playfellow”, in Super Science Stories, volume 1, number 4, page 70:

     Johnson is an expert Roboticist.

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• “roboticist” in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford University Press, 2007, →ISBN, page 165.
• roboticist n. at the OED Science Fiction Citations Project