1. The occupational field of building,
studying or designing robotics (or robots) that emulate "pathetic humans." quotation unattributed
2. In Computer Science, a branch of research concerned with the study (or application) of algorithms, designs and concepts from the field of Robotics directed at analyzing, assisting (
e.g. rehabilitation, in cases of impairment or truncation in appendages due to injury, or resulting from neuropathy or developmental pathology), or mimicking functions or structures in human kinesiology or movement.
~Probably
bastard from "neuro-" (combining form connotative to a nerve, nerves or nervous systems) + "Robotics," itself a
bastard words coined by Isaac Asimov (1941).
"Neurobotics!... That's a
thing, right?"
"That bikini-barista should
never have given up on her primary occupational pursuits in Neurobotics."
~ Neuroboticist - "That damned Neuroboticist - he gets all the credit, but he's
always just trying to copy me!"