Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Beginning of Robotics - Article at Getgyan

History of Robotics Some historians believe the origin of ROBOTICS can be traced back to the ancient Greeks. It was around 270 BC when Ctesibus (a Greek engineer) made organs and water clocks with movable figures. Other historians believe robotics began with mechanical dolls. In the 1770s, Pierre Jacquet-Droz, a Swiss clock maker and inventor of the wristwatch, created three ingenious mechanical dolls. He made the dolls so that each one could perform a specific function: one would ...

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