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The Wordnik Word of the Day for January 2, 2012 is

robotics
http://www.wordnik.com/words/robotics

(noun) The science and technology of robots, their design, manufacture, and application.

The term 'robotics' was coined by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov in his 1941 short story 'Liar!' The word 'robot' was coined by Czech writer Karel Capek in his play 'R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots),' and comes from the Czech 'robota,' drudgery.

 

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