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Robotics
Roberto Catanuto
Liceo Scientifico “Enrico Boggio Lera”
Catania, Italy
rcatanuto.yahoo.com
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History of Science and Technology
European Pupils Magazine
tor programmable in three or more capace di svol-
axes, which may be either fixed in place gere molte fun-
or mobile for use in industrial automa- zioni, program-
tion applications. So let's make use of this mabile, che può
statement for our trip throughout history of essere fissato in
robotics technology. un posto o la-
sciato in mobili-
History tà, usato per
In antiquity svolgere delle
The first mythological report about auto- applicazioni au-
matic machines is in the Iliad by stating that tomatiche nel-
the god Hephaestus made talking mechani- l’industria.
cal handmaidens out of gold. Also philoso- Così facciamo
phy have witnessed interest in this area uso di questa defi-
since philosophers (notably Aristotle in 322 nizione per il no- NEW ROBOT
BC) have also dreamed of automatons and stro viaggio lungo NUOVO ROBOT
tools capable of working independently of tutta la storia della tecnologia robotizza-
people as means to free men from slavery. ta.