intermittentrobot
nounUK /ˌɪntəˈmɪtənt ˈrəʊbɒt/
US /ˌɪntərˈmɪtənt ˈroʊbɑːt/
A robot that stops and starts and does not work all the time.
The intermittentrobot only cleaned the floor for a few minutes before it stopped.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A robot that appears only now and then, not every day.
Our intermittentrobot shows up in the kitchen only on weekends.
3. A toy robot whose power keeps cutting out.
The intermittentrobot froze in the middle of its dance.
4. A machine that works in short bursts with pauses in between.
The factory's intermittentrobot painted one car, then rested.