The Automatons designed by some Verditii can learn abilties.
Their creator must have the relevant ability - but must he merely have a passng knowledge of it (say, a score of 1-2) or must he know the ability to the level desired for the automaton?
He must know it to the level desired. However, there seems to be no limit to the stats of the Automaton. Skill rolls aren't really skill rolls, they're skill + stat. So that skill will be one or two but the "observed skill" could easily be ten (melee skill two + eight strength).
Too bad that for many purposes, the roll is irrelevant, only the score matters (think Covenants craftsmen.)