The human body is a machine which winds its own springs.
It is the living image of perpetual movement.
It is the living image of perpetual movement.
-Julien Offroy de La Mettrie, Man a Machine
Vaucanson
Vaucanson
Vaucanson’s duck
When first presented to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia in 1928, the automaton was of unknown origin. Once restored to working order, the automaton itself provided the answer when it penned the words "written by the automaton of Maillardet". – Wikipedia
The Turk – not an automaton but a hoax: a man hidden inside played chess
Babbage’s Difference Engine was not constructed during his lifetimebut replicas were later made.
It's also the subject of a collaborative novel by
the cyberpunk pioneers William Gibson and Bruce Sterling.
Ada Lovelace, “the first programmer”
Alan Turing, who proposed the “Turing test”for artificial intelligence, and the man behind the Enigma machine,
which is said to have won World War II.
The first robot? A scene from the original production of Karel Capek’s R.U.R.
R.U.R.
The Golem
Mickey Mouse: Mickey’s Mechanical ManThe Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz
Elektro and his robot dog Sparko
Pinocchio’s now a boy
Who wants to turn back into a toy . . .
-Rufus Wainwright
-Rufus Wainwright
Talos, the living bronze statue of Greek mythology,
as imagined by Ray Harryhausen in his 1953 film,
Jason and the Argonauts
Forbidden Planet: Robby the Robot with his creator Morbius
The Day the Earth Stood Still: Gort, the robot from outer space,
sent to enforce worldwide peace with the threat of
total annihilation
Audio-animatronic Abraham Lincoln at Disneylandsent to enforce worldwide peace with the threat of
total annihilation
Star Wars: C3PO and R2-D2
Blade Runner: Rachael, a replicant
RoboCop
RoboCop: The ED-209
The Terminator: A human face
The Terminator: The machine beneath the skin
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Data, a fully functional android with a positronic brain
Real Robots
Genghis
Cog is not quite sure what to think of you
Naveed Ahmad, “The Humanoid Robot Cog”
Cog has its own homepage
Cog on YouTube
Cog tries out for a garage band
Cog has its own homepage
Cog on YouTube
Cog tries out for a garage band
ASIMO wants to say hi
AIBO the Robot Dog
Say Hello to QRIO! (the “next generation” after ASIMO—both now discontinued
Robonova Ballet
Charting the Uncanny Valley: Part 1 of 7
Karl F. McDorman presents a lecture on the Uncanny Valley – Part 1 of 7
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