automata

[ aw-tom-uh-tuh ]

noun

1. a plural of automaton.

automata

/ ɔːˈtɒmətə /

noun

1. See automaton
   a plural of automaton

Example Sentences

In 1966, the influential mathematician John Von Neumann discussed “self-reproducing automata.”

From Singularity Hub 

Buddhist legends focused on north-eastern India from the fourth and third centuries BCE recount the army of automata that guarded Buddha’s relics, built with knowledge smuggled from the Graecophone world.

From Popular-Science

As I’ve written, this updated version is perfect for anyone who wishes to understand “Automata” in greater depth.

From Washington Post

He constructed various machines and automata, among the most celebrated of which was his flying pigeon.

From Project Gutenberg

The worst of it is, these people live lives approaching automata.

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Quar′ter-boys, automata which strike the quarter-hours in certain belfries.

From Project Gutenberg

They were unemotional automata, who knew nothing except to obey the orders of their terrible chief.

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Descartes—a pupil of the Jesuits—only applied his theory to man, and regarded animals as soulless automata.

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