automaton

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At January’s conference, robots, including Boston Dynamics’ Atlas, a 6-foot-2-inch automaton weighing in at just under 200 pounds with a digital smiley face, were the stars.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

The term for an automaton picked up steam elsewhere with the advent of artificial intelligence and the wider adoption of delivery robots.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025

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 • May 1, 2025

The application was consuming me, organizing my synapses like an automaton farmer who makes Munsen predictions regarding the historical flow of neurotransmission.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2023

He hardly got any sleep because at the end of the day, after taking care of the clocks and working at the booth, he would stay up until dawn working on the automaton.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick