Ambuquad

Two ambuquads, Twiki and Tina, aboard Lyran Queen (BR25: "Cruise Ship to the Stars").

An ambuquad (or quad) is an automaton outfitted with artificial intelligence.

Ambuquads are designed for numerous purposes, and in different configurations and styles.

A "kid size" humanoid style ambuquad with pincers is in use in the 25th century, apparently programmed with masculine and feminine personalities. One such, TWKE-4 (a.k.a. "Twiki"), was assigned to carry Dr. Theopolis, a member of the Computer Council (BR25: "Awakening"). Another, Tina, is a waiter aboard the cruise ship Lyran Queen (BR25: "Cruise Ship to the Stars"). Typically, these ambuquads communicate in either English or in their machine language. To human ears, this ambuquad machine language sounds like "bidi-bidi-bidi" when spoken by Twiki, for instance, but differs from "boodi-boodi-boodi" by Tina, likely emphasizing the different stereotypical "gender roles" programmed in the machines.