Robotteissa

Robotteissa is the inessive plural form of the Finnish noun robotti, meaning in robots. It is a grammatical form used to indicate location or state related to multiple robots. The base noun robotti is a loanword in Finnish, with roots commonly traced to the word robota (forced labor) in the context of Karel Čapek’s play R.U.R. The plural nominative is robotit, and the corresponding inessive plural is robotteissa, formed by adding the inessive plural suffix -ssa/-ssä to the plural stem.

In usage, robotteissa is primarily encountered in technical or academic contexts, for example when describing systems that operate within or inside robots, or discussions about robot-centric environments. In everyday Finnish, speakers more often use alternatives such as robottien parissa (among/with robots) or robottijärjestelmissä (in robot systems). There is no separate concept named “robotteissa” beyond its grammatical meaning; it serves as a morphological form rather than a distinct field of study.

See also: Robotti; Robotiikka; Robottikulttuuri. Further reading on the etymology of the word robot points to its Czech origins via the broader European adoption of the term in the early 20th century.