Add automaton topic

[ShE3py]

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• Suggesting edits to an existing topic or collection
• Curating a new topic or collection
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Editing an existing topic or collection

I'm suggesting these edits to an existing topic or collection:

• Image (and my file is *.png, square, dimensions 288x288, size <= 75 kB)
• Content (and my changes are in index.md)

Please replace this line with an explanation of why you think these changes should be made.

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• I've formatted my changes as a new folder directory, named for the topic or collection as it appears in the URL on GitHub (e.g. https://github.com/topics/[NAME] or https://github.com/collections/[NAME])
• My folder contains a *.png image (if applicable) and index.md
• All required fields in my index.md conform to the Style Guide and API docs: https://github.com/github/explore/tree/main/docs

Automata are an old scholarly topic; unifying automaton (267 repos) with automata (744 repos) and automatons (27 repos) will avoid loosing visibility or requiring putting 3 times essentially the same topic.

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• My suggested edits are not about an existing topic or collection, or at least not a single one
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Please replace this line with an explanation of your proposed changes.

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[ShE3py]

I plan to curate those in follow-up PRs.

[kenyonj]

Looks great. Thanks for your contribution!

[kenyonj]

@ShE3py Can you merge in the latest main to see if the linter error is fixed?