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An '''automaton''' (plural: automata or automatons) is a self-operating [[machine]]. The word is sometimes used to describe a robot, more specifically an autonomous robot.  

An '''automaton''' (plural: automata or automatons) is a self-operating [[machine]]. The word is sometimes used to describe a robot, more specifically an autonomous robot.  

==Etymology==

==Etymology==

The [[word]] Automaton is derived from the Greek αὐτόματος,... automatos, “acting of one’s own will”. It is more often used to describe non-electronic moving machines, especially those that have been made to resemble [[human]] or [[animal]] actions, such as the jacks on old public striking clocks, or the cuckoo and any other animated figures on a cuckoo clock.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automaton]

The [[word]] Automaton is derived from the Greek αὐτόματος,... automatos, “acting of one’s own will”. It is more often used to describe non-electronic moving machines, especially those that have been made to resemble [[human]] or [[animal]] actions, such as the jacks on old public striking clocks, or the cuckoo and any other animated figures on a cuckoo clock.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automaton]

==History==

==History==

===Ancient===

===Ancient===

In Eisenstein's classic film October, there is some great footage of antique Russian automatons.

In Eisenstein's classic film October, there is some great footage of antique Russian automatons.

More familiar to Americans are the animated cowboys and musicians at Wall Drug in South Dakota. Hundreds of shopping malls display animated elven automatons every year.[http://www.angelfire.com/punk2/walktheplank/automatons.html]

More familiar to Americans are the animated cowboys and musicians at Wall Drug in South Dakota. Hundreds of shopping malls display animated elven automatons every year.[https://www.angelfire.com/punk2/walktheplank/automatons.html]

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: The Arts]]

[[Category: The Arts]]