 Walter Nebicher is the police department s resident computer expert, although his immediate superior gives no respect as to his contribution to the force. To fix that, he creates a special program that creates Automan, an artificially intelligent computer construct that looks real, sounds real and, given enough power, can have an actual physical presence outside the computer that feels real. Together, Walter and Automan along with Cursor, a small floating droid that can create any object Automan needs, battle the criminal elements of the city. They sometimes work with Lt. Jack Curtis; a hot shot police detective. Lt. Jack Curtis believes Automan to be a government agent by the name of Agent Man.