Automaton

Automatons are machines in the Transformers Animated continuity family

Known by their proud creators as "tireless mechanical partners," the automatons have proven to be the foundation of economic and social development in the 21st century. An all-purpose robotic product fleet invented by Isaac Sumdac, automatons perform a wide variety of jobs without fear, complaint, or (usually) error.

"The robot revolution begins here--on a typical Sumdac Systems assembly line!"

- Dr. Sumdac boasts of his creations

Transformers Animated
Dr. Sumdac used technology from the crashed remains of Megatron as the basis for his robotics empire. By the early 21st century, Detroit had become the world's automaton manufacturing capital, a clean and high-tech city. Robots performed many everyday jobs, including:


 * Garbage disposal
 * Babysitting
 * Dog walking
 * Janitorial services
 * Food preparation and sales
 * Building upkeep
 * Police interceptor drones
 * Heavy industry, including robot manufacture
 * Biomedical research

That last group, Sumdac's "microbots," was designed to enter infected organic systems and destroy the causes of disease, potentially one day allowing humans to achieve immortality. However, the Sumdac Systems technicians lost control of the microbot replication process, and the robots mutated their insect host into a giant all-consuming monster that the Autobots had to defeat