Facsimile construct

Facsimile constructs are artificial copies of existing beings, such as humans or Transformers. Their specifications vary across different uses.

Marvel The Transformers comics
In order to more easily blend in with humanity, Wheeljack designed and installed "facsimile circuitry" in all the Autobots. Remarkably low-tech for Ol' Wheels, the technology consisted of little more than "dummy drivers" that popped out of the driver's seats in vehicle mode. The original versions seemed unable to move their lips while "talking" or turn their heads, and were installed with a decidedly unnatural swivel joint in the arm so that they could hand over their Blackrock credit cards to pay for gasoline.

In later years, Facsimile construct drivers were replaced by holograms.

Foreign names

 * Japanese: Dummy Kairo (ダミー回路, facsimile circuitry)