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[[Image:HRP-4C.jpg‎ |thumb|right|HRP-4C, A real life Gynoid]]
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An '''android''' is a [[robot]] designed to resemble a [[human]] being.  Androids are common features of science fiction stories. An android specifically designed to replicate a human female is sometimes called a ''gynoid''.
An '''android''' is a [[robot]] designed to resemble a [[human]] being.  Androids are common features of science fiction stories. An android specifically designed to replicate a human female is sometimes called a ''gynoid''.


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* The Dr. Eva/[[EDI]] body from ''[[Mass Effect]]''.
* The Dr. Eva/[[EDI]] body from ''[[Mass Effect]]''.
* Ash and Bishop from ''[[Alien]]'' and ''Aliens''.
* Ash and Bishop from ''[[Alien]]'' and ''Aliens''.
* "Synths" in ''Fallout 4''.


[[Category: Science Fiction]]
[[Category: Science Fiction]]
[[Category:Robots]]
[[Category:Robots]]

Latest revision as of 21:29, 23 March 2016

HRP-4C, A real life Gynoid

An android is a robot designed to resemble a human being. Androids are common features of science fiction stories. An android specifically designed to replicate a human female is sometimes called a gynoid.

Reasons for building an android

Examples of Androids

Androids often appear in visual science fiction, probably because it is cheaper to designate an actor as an android or give him/her some prosthetic makeup or costume than to build a non-anthropomorphic robot or render one in CGI.