Talk:Lotus/@comment-107.167.108.74-20170710123011/@comment-25254386-20170712184643

Yes, the Wiki states they are a "race of machines", but they are as much machines as Warframes are.

Sentients possess the ability to adapt, learn, and reproduce. The way they reproduce is not in the same sense as human reproduction though, which is where I think you're getting hung up. They reproduce from replication, but passing through the Void destroys that ability, and many other things, rendering them "sterile".