[@scribblehead] So there's no age limitations imposed by the school. I meant it when I said they will take literally anyone who can pass the test and pay the tuition. I think the average range is what you might see at your average college between late teens to mid twenties, but there absolutely are outliers. 

A resurrect is functionally "alive," so they will heal if properly maintained but they do require maintenance, as their humors need to be kept in balance. The better they are constructed, the easier this is. The highest quality are self regulating. Resurrects have legal limitations on how smart they can be(in this world, how much of the "gray humors" they are allowed). 

An automaton will, given the same inputs, always perform a given task exactly the same way. Resurrects meanwhile, have a certain amount of variation, depending on their conditioning. Automatons are definitely sturdier than resurrects, typically, being machines rather than flesh. An automaton can operate in circumstances that a resurrect never could. In extreme heat or cold, for instance, or an an absence of oxygen, or a toxic environment. Automation is a new science, however, whereas resurrection has been in use for decades. 

There's no hybrid at present, but hey, maybe one of our students will be the one to make that leap!

Thelonious Franc [i]is[/i] one of the founders. Stein died years ago, I will clarify a timeline a little later.