noun
definition
A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily male)
Examples of androids in a Sentence
Watching a movie about androids who take over the world made me apprehensive about the future of artificial intelligence.
Goku is saved, but the Saiyan's still do not continue to fight the androids.
It was the Japanese who really liked robots; so they would breed the electronic wizards most likely to construct the first genuine androids.
It picks up at the beginning of the show's Trunks / Androids story arc and continues through the end of the Cell saga.
The In-Vitros, or IVs, were created to take the place of the AIs, or silicates, androids who had rebelled against their human masters and live in hiding, continuing their harrassing campaign against their hated creators.
Confounding literal-minded androids and foiling omnipotent aliens is all in a day's work for the resourceful Captain.
Female androids elicit debates of misogyny, sexual exploitation and even the roots of essential feminism as they appear in science fiction and fantasy works.
One of the earliest versions of female androids was the character of Maria, a robotrix, in the 1927 film Metropolis.
For these androids, they were artificially created and grown, combining DNA with machine.
The androids were female because they would be less "threatening" and "suspicious" to others, thus more effective in their battles.
But unlike other androids he has a special dream - a spacesuit made entirely of gold.
As time passes, the Z Warriors become aware of the new androids as they battle again and again but always reach a stalemate.
The sign of a good film is killer androids or giant ants.
The white dove that Batty releases with his death does not begs the question, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", but instead asks, "Do Artificial Replicants have Immortal Souls?"
Robots, androids and smart computers are powerful figures in science fiction.
While the dystopian future explored the complexities of identity, these three female androids stand out.
In real science, the study of artificial intelligence and androids continues with pioneering science fiction into science fact.
While some women's groups protest the creation of female androids for any purpose, the creation of artificial life as a servant class is prohibitively warned against by some of the greatest science fiction minds including Isaac Asimov.
I know "The Stepford Wives" is meant to be a satirical thriller, but I can't help but wonder what would happen if our loved ones were secretly replaced by androids.
And when I say robots, I don't mean androids, which are people-shaped machines doing the work of people.