robots

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Naturally, Lia becomes fearful for her homeland and pursues them with renewed vigor, but Evil Doctor and his robots are also on the scene, keen to pick up the Destruct Code in the ensuing chaos.

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  1. noun A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human and is capable of performing a variety of often complex human tasks on command or by being programmed in advance.
  2. noun A machine or device that operates automatically or by remote control.
  3. noun A person who works mechanically without original thought, especially one who responds automatically to the commands of others.
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  • Look, the robots are actually a pretty good solution. —  FSF - March2006
  • The group was well equipped with energo-robots, the self-mobile mortar from the Condor, transporters and robots (among them twelve Arctanes), automated dredging machines and rock drills. —  Stanislaw Lem - The Invincible
  • It's fun insulting every character that comes into range, and I liked Hannah and Gwenny as I got to know them better, and I think the robots will be a permanent future category, like the dragons, ogres, centaurs, and oh, yes, humans. —  Piers Anthony - [Xanth 29] - Pet Peeve (2005)
  • Is that hungry enough to send you out where the robots were and take the chance of being caught by them? —  ISAAC ASIMOV'S
  • Natural selection says we're the descendants of robots, little tiny macromolecular robots, and we're composed of robots. —  Omni: Fall 1995
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