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'''Artificial Identity''', sometimes called '''Robotic Identity''' or '''Machine Identity''', is an umbrella term that encompasses many other identities in which people identify with robots and machines. Such people typically feel a disconnection between humanity and themselves, feeling much more relationin tocommmon with robots and identifying as such.

The word ''robot'' originates from the Slavic[[Wikipedia:Church languageSlavonic|Church Slavonic]] word ''robota'', which means 'forced labour'. This term would be used to refer to peasants in the feudal system who were obligated to compulsory service.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/robot Definition of ''Robot'']</ref><ref>[https://www.npr.org/2011/04/22/135634400/science-diction-the-origin-of-the-word-robot Origin of the word ''Robot'']</ref> It wouldn't be until 1920 that the word would be applied to artificial automata, where it was used in Czech writer [[Wikipedia:Karel_Čapek|Karel Čapek's]] play, [[Wikipedia:R.U.R.|''R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)'']], which went over the technological creation of artificial human bodies without souls, which were portrayed in similar light to the feudal peasants that predatedpredate them.

Due to species dysphoria, many robot-identified individuals come up with unique ways to alleviate some of it. Covering skin with long sleeve shirts, gloves, and masks can help with presenting as a robot, as well as using more neutral colors such as black, white and gray. Online voice changer programs such as [https://www.voicemod.net/ Voicemod], [https://clownfish-translator.com/voicechanger/ Clownfish] and [https://www.nchsoftware.com/voicechanger/index.html Voxal] have a variety of presets and customization that allow for a more robotic sounding voice, which can provide euphoria. Many also opt to use more robot-friendly language in place of the typical human language (words such as sleeping will become recharging). Others often use pronouns such a it/its and bit/bits to aid in feeling robotic. Working with technology, such as phones, computers and electronics may also help such individuals feels more in tune with their robot selves.

Robotkin is a kin identity under the [[Wikipedia:Otherkin|Otherkin]] umbrella wherein one identifies as a robot and often believe themselves to be spiritually nonhuman or in a non-physical way, such as through reincarnation or psychologically. Robotkin have often been excluded from the greater otherkin community due to the belief that one cannot identify as something without a soul, classing robots as something without a soul. However, this belief has been challenged both by the greater scientific community, which havehas disputed the existence of the soul, and by many animist belief systems that do not hold souls to be exclusive to organic life. This idea additionally excludes fictionkin, plantkin and voidkin identities, among others.