Automan is a science fiction television series that follows the story of Walter Nebicher, the police department's resident computer expert who is not respected by his superiors for his contributions to the force.
To gain respect, Walter creates a special program that generates Automan, an artificially intelligent computer construct that appears real, sounds real, and can even have a physical presence outside the computer with enough power.
Walter, Automan, and Cursor, a small floating droid that can create any object Automan needs, team up to fight the criminal elements of the city. They occasionally collaborate with Lt. Jack Curtis, a police detective who mistakenly believes Automan is a government agent named Agent Man.