waldo
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
waldo /ˈwɔːldəʊ/
▶noun (pl. waldos) a remote-controlled device for handling objects.
– origin 1940s: named after Waldo F. Jones, a fictional inventor described by the science-fiction writer Robert Heinlein.
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