Roboto la bo phong chu khong chan (sans-serif) loai neo-grotesque phat trien boi Google đe tro thanh phong chu he thong cho he đieu hanh Android.
Google mieu ta đay la mot phong chu "hien đai, de dang tiep can" va "giau xuc cam". Toan bo ho phong chu Roboto đuoc cap phep duoi giay phep Apache va chinh thuc cho phep tai xuong mien phi tu ngay 12 thang 1 nam 2012, tren website Android Design. Bo phong nay bao gom sau kieu in đam (weight) theo muc đo đam dan la Thin, Light, Regular, Medium, Bold va Black cung voi kieu dang in xien (oblique style) kem theo. Roboto cung bao gom kieu dang in đac (condensed style) theo ba muc đo in đam la Light, Regular va Bold, tat nhien la cung kem theo kieu dang in xien.


Ngon ngu ho tro Roboto ho tro nhung ky tu Latin, Hy Lap (mot phan) va Kirin. Tren Android, phong chu Noto đuoc su dung đe hien thi nhung ngon ngu ma Roboto khong ho tro, bao gom chu Han (phon the va gian the), Nhat, Han, Thai va Hindi.


Phat trien Roboto đuoc thiet ke hoan toan noi bo tai Google boi Christian Robertson, nha thiet ke giao dien cua Google, ong la nguoi tung phat hanh phong Ubuntu Titling thong qua xuong in chu Betatype. Roboto đuoc phat hanh lan đau tien vao nam 2011 cung voi phien ban Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich". So voi phong chu he thong Android truoc đo la Droid–mot phong khong chan loai nhan van (sans-serif humanist), thi phong Roboto co mot thiet ke grotesque manh me hon voi kieu dang in xien nga hon kieu dang in nghieng thuc su (true italic style), va mot pham vi rong lon nhung muc đo in đam.


= Thiet ke lai =
Ngay 25 thang 6 nam 2014, Matias Duarte cong bo tai su kien Google I/O rang phong chu Roboto đa đuoc tai thiet ke đang ke trong phien ban Android 5.0 "Lollipop". Nhung thay đoi quan trong nhat co the thay trong cac net chu (glyph): B (co lai), R, P, a (mo rong bung chu), D, O, e, g (vat cong), k va nhung so: 1, 5, 6, 7 va 9. Bo dau cham va dau cham đinh (trong ky tu i, j) đa chuyen đoi tu dang cham vuong sang cham tron.


Đanh gia Phong chu Roboto nhan đuoc nhung đanh gia đa dang khi no phat hanh. Joshua Topolsky, chu but cua cong tin tuc va truyen thong truc tuyen The Verge, mieu ta phong chu nay "sach se va hien đai, nhung khong qua vi lai – khong phai la mot phong chu khoa hoc vien tuong [dan đau xu the]". Con nha binh luan typography Stephen Coles cua trang typographica.org cho rang phien ban đau tien cua Roboto nhu "mot Frankenfont bon đau", mo ta no nhu mot "hon hop" cua nhieu phong cach typography khac nhau ma khong ho tro hieu qua cho nhau. Nhung chuyen gia thiet ke typography khac chi ra mot loi sai ro rang trong cac net cua dau thanh, trong khi John Gruber chi trich Roboto la mot phien ban "an cuop" cua phong Helvetica.


Su dung Ben canh la phong chu tieu chuan he thong cho he đieu hanh Android, thi đen nam 2013, Roboto cung la phong chu mac đinh trong cac dich vu khac cua Google nhu Google+, Google Play, YouTube va Google Maps.
Roboto Bold la phong mac đinh trong game engine Unreal 4.
Đong thoi, Roboto cung đuoc loan bao se tro thanh phong chu mac đinh trong Kodi, mot phan mem phat media mien phi va nguon mo.


Roboto Slab Roboto Slab la bo phong chu chan lon (slab serif) dua tren Roboto. No đuoc ra mat vao thang 3 nam 2013, đay la phong mac đinh trong dich vu ghi chu Google Keep cua Google. Bo phong nay gom co bon muc đo in đam theo huong tang dan la: Thin, Light, Regular va Bold. Khong giong nhu Roboto, Roboto Slab khong kem theo kieu dang in xien.


Chu thich Lien ket ngoai Trang tai xuong chinh thuc phong Roboto
Trang tai xuong chinh thuc phong Roboto Condensed
Trang tai xuong chinh thuc phong Roboto Slab