automatons
- plural of 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 ● Nov. 26, 2025
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.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
But by the time Descartes catalyzed the Enlightenment in the 17th century, he had reduced other animals to mere automatons, tainting centuries of science with the assumption that anything unlike us is inherently inferior.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
Some in the party are anxious about this and accuse Reeves and other shadow ministers of sounding "robotic", like "automatons".
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2024
“One ’em automatons, half pocket watch, half tin cup, and half growed man!”
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
