Science of making complex automated machines (8)

I believe the answer is:

robotics

(Other definitions for robotics that I've seen before include "Study of automata" , "Science of developing automatons" , "modern technology" , "Branch of engineering concerned with automatons" , "prepared in technological area" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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