automaton
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The World Robot Olympiad opened in Singapore on Wednesday with hundreds of international students, some as young as eight, set to compete using automatons to solve real-world problems.
From Barron's
In small factories across America, agile automatons are making everything from parts for AI supercomputers to the hulls of America’s future autonomous naval weapons.
The term for an automaton picked up steam elsewhere with the advent of artificial intelligence and the wider adoption of delivery robots.
From Salon
The success of “Maybe Happy Ending” hinges in no small part on the miraculous performance of Darren Criss, who plays an automaton with a secretly sensitive heart.
From Los Angeles Times
Campione has become known for her unique specialism in dolls, doll houses, automata, birdcages and corkscrews.
From BBC
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