AUTOMATA
AUTOMATON
automaton, robot, golem
(noun) a mechanism that can move automatically
automaton, zombi, zombie
(noun) someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; “only an automaton wouldn’t have noticed”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
automata
plural of automaton
Source: Wiktionary
AUTOMATON
Au*tom"a*ton, n.; pl. L. Automata (, E. Automatons (. Etym: [L. fr.
Gr. ma, man, to strive, think, cf. Mean, v. i.]
1. Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous
motion or action. Huxley.
So great and admirable an automaton as the world. Boyle.
These living automata, human bodies. Boyle.
2. A self-moving machine, or one which has its motive power within
itself; -- applied chiefly to machines which appear to imitate
spontaneously the motions of living beings, such as men, birds, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition