What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to create a comprehensive terminology database for civilian robotics, excluding military applications.

May 8, 2026Open Access

ROBMANITAI Civil Robotics Terminology — 593 civilian terms + dual-use audit

Key Points

The aim is to create a comprehensive terminology database for civilian robotics, excluding military applications.
Systematically developed a corpus of 593 civilian terms while excluding 150 dual-use UAV terms and 7 non-UAV terms.
Conducted a full quality review and audit trail to ensure the civilian-only scope of terminology.
Included subsets like SCHWARM for swarm-robotics terminology and maintained a dropped-terms log for transparency.
Established a clean corpus of civilian terms with rigorous controls against military and tactical use.
Maintained a dual-use review queue for ongoing scrutiny and assessment of terms.
Documented the entire process and audit trail to substantiate the civilian-focused scope.

Abstract

Restricted bundle of the ROBMANITAI Civil Robotics terminology corpus: 593 civilian terms (V2-Polished) systematically excluding 150 UAV-prefix dual-use terms + 7 non-UAV hard-block terms; SCHWARM subset (swarm-robotics terminology); dropped-terms log; dual-use review queue; military-scan V3 report (audit trail proving civilian-only scope); 750-combined source corpus (pre-filter); terms audit (full quality review); cross-references between terms. Strict-Wissenschaft, civilian robotics terminology only - explicitly NOT for military, defence, law-enforcement-tactical, or lethal-autonomous-system applications.

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