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Beings with both biological and synthetic (e.g. mechanical, electronic, robotic, etc.) parts. Although they also fit the description, robots (and by extension androids) with organic components installed, as well as amputees with regular non-mechanical/electronic prosthetics such as glass eyes, hook hands, and peglegs, are generally not considered cyborgs.

See also

• machine
• cyborg
• prosthetic
• cybernetics
• bionics

Forum discussion:

• forum #141131 - Cyborgs, Androids, and Robots. Oh my! (Oct. 2014)
• forum #145008 - Calling all robot, android, mecha, etc. experts! (wiki project) (Dec. 2014)