Robot emoji meaning

The robot emoji is a grey, cartoon-like representation of a robot, which is a machine that is designed to perform a variety of tasks automatically. It is often used to represent something that is technological or mechanical, or to indicate that something is artificial or robotic. It can also be used to show that someone is feeling playful or mischievous.

The robot emoji was approved in Unicode 8.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/14174