Questions tagged [android]
For use in questions about robotic entities that resemble humans.
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Genderless androids
In a society made up of androids that had been created by humans that can only propagate through manufacture what would be a good reason for gender existing that is not sentimental?
Judging from the ...
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What material(s) should I use to protect my androids against ballistic impacts (bullets) and what protection would I get?
In the world of a story I'm writing, the military (of a superpower who shall remain nameless) has poured a lot of money into remotely operated humanoid drones (basically put on a VR suit and off you ...
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How can my robots have human-like muscles?
In my world there are androids.
These robots look just like humans; you cannot tell them apart from a real person by looking at them, inspecting their bodies etc.
To attain this they need some ...
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Why would a civilization with the ability to create androids use giant, 2x Man-sized gears anywhere? [closed]
Why would a civilization with the ability to create Ridiculously Human Military Androids use giant gears twice the size of a man?
The Androids are human-sized with electronic brains that can do ...
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What language would droids use to communicate with each other?
The language tag challenge did remind me something which always baffles me on "Star Wars" franchise: Why on Tatooine would intelligent androids use beeping for communication?
So I call you, fellow ...
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How would the widespread creation and use of androids affect weaponry?
This is a common trope in Scifi; Android armies. From Star Wars, to Battlestar Galactica, these mechanical beings have influenced the content of our movies and books in many ways.
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