Friday, July 13, 2007

Robots in Ancient Greece - Putting Robotics in Historical Context

This fascinating story will illustrate for students and teachers alike just how universal and basic the fascination with creating robots is. Has man always souught to replicate himself through technology? Apparently so. The ability to do so is not exclusive to our contemporaries, though…

From: NewScientistTech
Article: “The programmable robot of ancient Greece”

http://www.newscientisttech.com/channel/tech/mg19526111.600
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1 comment:

  1. Interesting article to see how deep the roots are of what we are doing with robotics today!

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