Mechanical apparatuses doing humans’ jobs (6)

I believe the answer is:

robots

(Other definitions for robots that I've seen before include "Mechanisms that can move automatically" , "Mechanical men" , "Machines that look and act like humans" , "Automatic machines, may resemble people" , "Automatons, programmed machines" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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