mechanical man
Automaton in factories
A mechanical man is an automaton or robot built in human form—a machine designed to move and act like a person.
The term evokes early science fiction and Victorian-era clockwork figures more than modern robotics.
Figuratively, someone called a mechanical man operates without emotion or independent thought, going through motions like a programmed device: He answered questions like a mechanical man, never varying his tone.
- robotProgrammable automated machine
- automatonSelf-moving mechanical device
- androidMachine resembling a person
- cyborgOrganic-mechanical hybrid entity
- tin manMetallic humanoid or callous person
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- robotsrobot, android, humanoid, droid, automaton
- Artificial Beingsandroid, androids, automaton, automata, humanoid robot
- automatonsautomaton, automata, clockwork, wind-up toy, android
- Steampunkgears, cogs, brass goggles, airship, dirigible
- sci-fi techteleporter, time travel, cryonics, force fields, mind uploading
- early sci-fiJules Verne, H.G. Wells, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man
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