What does 🤖 Robot mean?
The face of a friendly robot. It stands for robots, technology, artificial intelligence and automation, and it often appears in chats about chatbots and AI tools. It also describes acting mechanically, sounding monotone or going through the motions on autopilot. In a lighter mood it is a cheerful “beep boop”, a nerdy sign-off for tech fans.
🤖 Robot is an emoji from the Smileys & Emotion category (costume & character faces), added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. People use it in messages about face and monster.
Example messages
🤖 Robot on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Robot looks on each platform.
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Robot emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Robot emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🤖 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :robot_face:.
When was the Robot emoji added?
🤖 Robot was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🤖 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Robot. The underlying code (U+1F916) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.