droids
Sci-fi synthetic helpers
Droids are robots, especially humanoid ones.
The term comes from android and was popularized by the Star Wars films, where droids serve as servants, translators, and companions.
Outside that franchise, droid often carries a playful or science-fiction flavor: These aren't the droids you're looking for.
It can describe anyone acting mechanically or without independent thought.
- gonkSpherical plush toy figure
- memory wipeInduced total amnesia
- motivatorSomething prompting action
- oil bathImmersion in petroleum-based liquid
Being with body like ours
- replicantBioengineered human duplicate
- cyborgOrganic-mechanical hybrid entity
- syntheticProduced artificially, not natural
- bionicMechanically augmented human
biomechanical · anthropomorphic · sentient · autonomous · lifelike · simulacrum · Data · Ash
Feedback-controlled automatic mechanism
- actuatorDevice producing controlled motion
- sensorInput-detecting device
- microcontrollerIntegrated circuit with processor
- circuitryInterconnected electronic components
processor · motors · kinematics · locomotion · articulation · degrees of freedom · manipulator · chassis
Sequential workstation manufacturing
- automationSelf-operating system design
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- conveyorMechanism that transports items
welding · precision · efficiency · production · fabrication · robotic arm · mechanization · assembly
R2-D2
- gonkSpherical plush toy figure
- memory wipeInduced total amnesia
- motivatorSomething prompting action
humanoid
Being with body like ours
- replicantBioengineered human duplicate
- cyborgOrganic-mechanical hybrid entity
- syntheticProduced artificially, not natural
bionic · biomechanical · anthropomorphic · sentient · autonomous · lifelike · simulacrum · Data · Ash · Bishop
servomechanism
Feedback-controlled automatic mechanism
- actuatorDevice producing controlled motion
- sensorInput-detecting device
- microcontrollerIntegrated circuit with processor
circuitry · processor · motors · kinematics · locomotion · articulation · degrees of freedom · manipulator · chassis · power supply
assembly line
Sequential workstation manufacturing
- automationSelf-operating system design
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- factoryIndustrial production facility
conveyor · welding · precision · efficiency · production · fabrication · robotic arm · mechanization · assembly · quality control
- sci-fiscience fiction, Star Wars, sci-fi, Blade Runner 2049, aliens
droidsliving things
Entities with metabolism
humans · flesh and blood · organisms · living creatures · animals
- protocol droidRobot for diplomacy and languages
- battle droidMilitary combat automaton