robodroid

English

Etymology

From robo- +‎ droid.

Noun

robodroid (plural robodroids)

1. (science fiction, rare) A droid; a robot.
   • 1991, New Unionist:

     The police authorities and the press portray them as modern-day robodroids, programmed to kill their own people—"black-on-black crime ...

   • 1999, Mona the Vampire, "The X-Change Student" (season 1, episode 6a):

     Mona: They've sent to the robodroids to soften us up! Run!

   • 2018, Rhoda Belleza, Blood of a Thousand Stars, Penguin, →ISBN, page 141:

     All the robodroids had followed his command and shut themselves down.