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ANDROIDS
an·droid (an'droid')  adj.  Possessing human features.
n. An automaton that is created from biological materials and resembles a human. Also called humanoid.,br> An android is a robot made to resemble a human, usually both in appearance and behavior.

   The word derives from the Greek andr-, " meaning "man, male", and the suffix -eides, used to mean "of the species; alike" (from eidos "species"). The term was coined by the French Villiers in his novel L'Ève future.[1] The word droid, a robot in the Star Wars universe, is derived from this meaning. Thus far, androids have remained within the domain of science fiction, frequently in film and television. However, some humanoid robots now exist.

Data
Brent Spiner portrayed who was probably the most complexed robotic character in film... Data, the android in the television and movie series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Ovisiously an actor in makeup, Spiner played a very convincing and intriguing robot. Data was the android void of emotions whose one desire was to become fully human. Serving as second officer and chief operations officer aboard the starships USS Enterprise-D and USS Enterprise-E.
   Robin Williams also played an android seeking the secrets of being human much like Data. Williams played Andrew in the 1999 film directed by Chris Columbus, Bicentennial Man.

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Very few modern robots resemble human beings in any way. Most robots are more industrial and do the assembly work of dozens of humans! -- They never get paid, never get sick, don't take coffee breaks...
 
DROID

        R2-D2 (called R2, or "Artoo" for short), of Star Wars

Did you know...
R2-D2 was partly inspired by the robots Huey, Dewey, and Louie from Douglas Trumbull's 1972 film Silent Running.
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C-3PO  a protocol droid
    C-3PO (pronounced See-Threepio, often shortened to "Threepio")
R2D2's counterpart in the Star Wars films. He is a protocol droid, adept, he says in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, at "human-cyborg relations" and boasts that he is fluent "in over six million forms of communication."