automaton
/ɔˈtɑmətən/
noun
- A person who acts in a mechanical, unemotional, or robotic way, without thinking or feeling.
- After working the night shift for a week, he moved around like an automaton.
- The bored cashier greeted each customer like an automaton, never smiling.
- In the movie, the villain's henchmen were emotionless automatons following orders.
- A machine that performs a set of tasks automatically, especially one that looks like a human or animal.
- The museum displayed a 200-year-old automaton that could write with a pen.
- Engineers built an automaton that plays chess against human opponents.
- The clock tower featured an automaton of a knight that struck the bell every hour.