self-operating

American  

[self-op-uh-rey-ting, self-] / ˌsɛlfˈɒp əˌreɪ tɪŋ, ˈsɛlf- /

Also self-operative

adjective

1. automatic.

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Example Sentences

There are other self-operating trains across the globe, including the SkyTrain in Vancouver and at several airports, but most run on tracks only in closed systems.

From Los Angeles Times

From the start, as nerves fray and tempers flare, it’s clear this family has its demons, which will soon be supernaturally compounded by eerie rumblings, self-operating doors and collapsing shelves.

From Los Angeles Times

Vladeck Houses, the first of these developments, opened in 1940: a complex of 20 six-story brick apartment blocks featuring modern conveniences like “self-operating elevators,” as one news report noted.

From New York Times

Now his restless spirit seems to live on in the very walls of his stylish glass-and-wood creation, manifesting itself in bloody footprints and self-operating audio equipment and also in dark dreams that tear at Beth’s grip on reality.

From Los Angeles Times

This is American futurism’s great betrayal: The self-operating robo-servants promised in “The Jetsons” are here, but it turns out Rosie might also be conspiring to sell you laxative teas.

From New York Times