Mechanoid

A mechanoid species was a “species” made up of robotic, rather than organic, beings. The Grigori used by ARCHONET in the Collapsed Cosmos were mechanoids. (PROSE: The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere)

Behind the scenes

The term of “mechanoid”, originally coined as a synonym for “android”, has often been used in more recent science fiction to refer to mechanical “living things”. Marvel's Death's Head is described as a Mechanoid, and the Daleks' archenemies in Doctor Who are a species of human drones who freed themselves from their programming and became masters of their own planet, who are known simply as "the Mechanoids". The role-playing game of the same name, meanwhile, features an alien race known by the name of "the Mechanoids".