automaton

Example Sentences

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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

Blockish and white, standing about chest-high, automatons patrol venues and media hotels.

From Los Angeles Times

"They have used you as automatons," Vigano said in his appeal to the military and police.

From Reuters

"Seeing that they can be engaged, that they're not just cat automatons, that aren't driven by instinct 24/7 can function a great deal positively for their role in other studies."

From Salon

Their actions, however, belie their true goal: the mass production of right-wing automatons who unthinkingly support unjust and authoritarian systems.

From Salon