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Robot

The head of a classic robot. Commonly depicted as a vintage, tin toy robot with circular eyes, a triangular nose, knobs for ears, a light and/or antennae atop its head, and a grill-like mouth similar to a grimace. Colors vary across platform, but its head is metallic on most platforms. 

May be used of topics concerning robotics, electronics, computer programming, futurism, and science fiction. It also enjoys a range of idiosyncratic applications, such as conveying a sense of weirdness and fun as well as alarm, surprise, and excitement, given its wide-eyed, teeth-gritting expression.

Also often used to discuss artificial intelligence and various AI-branded products and features, though the ✨ Sparkles emoji has become the go-to symbol to represent AI within tech platforms.

Available as an Apple Animoji.

Robot was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 under the name "Robot Face" and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.