robotic
adj.acting like a robot — stiff, unemotional, or very precise. You use this to describe someone who seems cold or mechanical.
adj.resembling a robot in movement, behavior, or lack of emotion; characterized by mechanical precision or rigidity.
“His robotic voice made the announcement sound boring.”
“The customer service agent gave a robotic response that failed to address my specific complaint.”
“The dancer's robotic movements contrasted sharply with the fluid grace of her partner, creating a striking visual tension on stage.”
“Computers began speaking by putting together phonemes in the 1960s, creating stiff, robotic speech.”
“A robotic voice tells me to stay still and close my eyes as I stand in a huge curved scanner while classical music plays in the background.”
From robot + -ic. Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1941 in his short story Liar!.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.