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An automaton (/ ɔː ˈ t ɒ m ə t ən / ⓘ; pl.: automata or automatons) is a relatively self-operating machine, or control mechanism designed to automatically follow a sequence of operations, or respond to predetermined instructions. [1]
An animatronic is a mechatronic puppet controlled electronically by machine to move in a fluent way. [1] They are a modern variant of the automaton and are often used for the portrayal of characters in films, video games and in theme park attractions. Animatronics are a multidisciplinary field integrating puppetry, anatomy and mechatronics.
Audio-Animatronic of Father John, the main character of the Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress attraction at Magic Kingdom. Audio-Animatronics (sometimes shortened to AAs) are a form of mechatronic puppetry trademarked by the Walt Disney Company, and the source of the term animatronics.
The Mechanical Turk, also known as the Automaton Chess Player (German: Schachtürke, lit. ' chess Turk ' ; Hungarian : A Török ), or simply The Turk , was a fraudulent chess -playing machine constructed in 1770, which appeared to be able to play a strong game of chess against a human opponent.
Model of Leonardo's robot with inner workings, on display in Berlin. Leonardo's robot, or Leonardo's mechanical knight (Italian: Automa cavaliere, lit."Automaton knight"), is a humanoid automaton designed and possibly constructed by Leonardo da Vinci in the late 15th century.
the automaton type – made from a mix of dead and living parts, including automatons and robots [4] Although human morphology is not necessarily the ideal form for working robots, the fascination in developing robots that can mimic it can be found historically in the assimilation of two concepts: simulacra (devices that exhibit likeness) and ...
To illustrate his article “Android», the Encyclopédie gives an extremely detailed description in 1751, largely taken from the memoir of 1738. [5] The flutist, approximately 1.60 metres (63 in) high, resting on a 1.45 metres (57 in) pedestal hiding the mechanism, was a slightly reduced imitation of the Coysevox faun, dressed in savage clothing.
Input/output automata provide a formal model, applicable in describing most types of an asynchronous concurrent system. On its own, the I/O automaton model contains a very basic structure that enables it to model various types of distributed systems. To describe specific types of asynchronous systems, additional structure must be added to this ...