Reploid

A Reploid, from the science-fiction video game series Mega Man X and Mega Man Zero, refers to a robot whose design was ultimately derived from the original Mega Man X design.

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The term is commonly used by fans of the series to describe any robot that has the capability to think and make decisions for itself without human programming.

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Some time around 100 years after the events of the Mega Man Classic series, after the apparent death of Dr. Thomas Light, an archaeologist named Dr. Cain was excavating one of Dr. Light's laboratories, and discovered a capsule containing a highly advanced robot named "X". X represented a substantial jump in robotics technology, so Dr. Cain attempted to reproduce X's technology from Dr. Light's original work and notes. When he was unable to reproduce the technology perfectly, Dr. Cain was forced to invent alternative solutions. All robotic designs based on that technology have been referred to as "reploids", since they are imperfect "replicates" of the original X.

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