4/5 stars. Psychic robots! Can't not like them and I'm not even sorry.
Background.
Secret research by the Thousand Sons legion resulted in automata that were expendable in full frontal assaults. As with a lot about the legion, these constructs were pretty much in the realm of heresy even before the Council of Nikaea and the Emperor's Edict. The Space Wolves would find out about them soon enough at the Fall of Prospero though.
Strengths.
Did I mention Psychic Robots?!
They have a rule called psychic conduit which means that they act as psychic lightning rods. If you suffer a perils of the warp and you're close to the robot, then you can have the robot take wounds instead.
The stat line is attractive with 6's in S and T, along with 4 wounds and Leadership of 12. The WS and BS are only 3 however.
The Achea force claws are worthy with AP=3 and 2 damage with breaching. The asphyx bolt cannon is solid with 4 shots and rending at 4+. This can be upgraded to an aether-fire cannon which gives you a blast template and breaching instead at the same range. I'd be tempted by the upgrade since the AP is the same and the S is better with the aether-fire; and that blast template is nice even at the expense of rending (although I haven't math-hammered this to be very honest). A pair of regular bolters rounds it all out.
Firestorm and Firing protocols completes the picture here.
Weaknesses.
It explodes! There is a danger here because presumably you have a unit near by to take advantage of the psychic conduit special rule.
Builds.
Pick between the bolt cannon (80 points) or the aether-fire (90 points) variants. Both are viable, but I do think the aether-fire variant edges it out.
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With BS 3 and rending (4+), it means that if you hit, you wound
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