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 The Digesting Duck by Jacques de Vaucanson, hailed in 1739 as the first automaton capable of digestion |
An automaton (plural: automata or automatons) is a self-operating machine. The word is sometimes used to describe an old-fashioned robot, more specifically an autonomous robot. An alternative spelling, now obsolete, is automation.
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| The Automata and Art Bots mailing list home page The Automata and Art Bots mailing list home page homepage.ntlworld.com/kinetic-arts/sculpture/automata.htm - Web |
| History History automata.co.uk/History%20page.htm - Web |
| Modern Automata Museum Modern Automata Museum www.modernautomatamuseum.com - Web |
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| AutomatomaniA - The largest online gallery of auto... AutomatomaniA - The largest online gallery of automata www.automatomania.com - Web |
| Maillardet's Automaton Maillardet's Automaton www.fi.edu/pieces/knox/automaton/index.html - Web |
| Japanese Karakuri Japanese Karakuri www.karakuri.info - Web |
| Another Antique Automatas Another Antique Automatas www.lovelyfineantiques.com - Web |
| J. Douglas Bruce, 'Human Automata in Classical Tra... J. Douglas Bruce, 'Human Automata in Classical Tradition and Mediaeval Romance', Modern Philology, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Apr., 1913), pp. 511-526 links.jstor.org/.../sici?sici=0026-8232(191304)10%3A4%3C511%3AHAICTA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-5 - Web |
| M. B. Ogle, 'The Perilous Bridge and Human Automat... M. B. Ogle, 'The Perilous Bridge and Human Automata', Modern Language Notes, Vol. 35, No. 3 (Mar., 1920), pp. 129-136 links.jstor.org/.../sici?sici=0149-6611(192003)35%3A3%3C129%3ATPBAHA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-%23 - Web |
| conservation of automata conservation of automata www.cite-automate.fr - Web |
| Thomas Edison's talking doll Thomas Edison's talking doll www.nj.com/.../123_years_later_voice_of_thoma.html - Web |
