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a : a small-scale figure (as of a person or animal) usually with a cloth body and hollow head that fits over and is moved by the hand
b : marionette
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: doll
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: one whose acts are controlled by an outside force or influence <a puppet ruler>

— pup·pet·like adjective

1. a dictator who was perceived as being an American puppet
2. <gave her a puppet with strings for a gift>

Middle English popet youth, doll, from Middle Frenchpoupette, diminutive of *poupe doll, from Vulgar Latin*puppa, alteration of Latin pupa

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a : a machine that looks like a human being and performs various complex acts (as walking or talking) of a human being; also : a similar but fictional machine whose lack of capacity for human emotions is often emphasized
b : an efficient insensitive person who functions automatically

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: a device that automatically performs complicated often repetitive tasks

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: a mechanism guided by automatic controls

— ro·bot·ism noun

1. The cars are assembled by robots.

Czech, from robota compulsory labor; akin to Old High German arabeit trouble, Latin orbus orphaned — more at orphan

centrifuge, differential, flange, lathe, linchpin, pinion,plenum, ratchet, traction

àdroite, allot, a lot, ascot, a shot, Banat, bank shot, besot,big shot, black rot, black spot, blind spot, bloodshot,bowknot, boycott, b…

Any automatically operated machine that replaces human effort, though it may not look much like a human being or function in a humanlike manner. The term comes from the play R.U.R. by Karel Capek (1920). Major developments in microelectronics and computer technology since the 1960s have led to significant advances in robotics. Advanced, high-performance robots are used today in automobile manufacturing and aircraft assembly, and electronics firms use robotic devices together with other computerized instruments to sort or test finished products.