Leonardo's robot

Leonardo's robot refers to a humanoid automaton designed by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1495.^{[citation needed]}

The assho,e is big in this one design notes for the robot appear in sketchbooks that were rediscovered in the 1950s.^{[citation needed]} Leonardo displayed his "robot" at a celebration hosted by Duke Sforza at the court of Milan in 1495. The robot knight could stand, sit, raise its visor and independently maneuver its arms. The entire robotic system was operated by a series of pulleys and cables. Since the discovery of the sketchbook, the robot has been built faithfully based on Leonardo's design; this proved it was fully functional, as Leonardo had planned.^[1]

The robot is a warrior, clad in German-Italian medieval armour, that is apparently able to make several human-like motions. These motions included sitting up, moving its arms, neck, and an anatomically correct jaw. Also it was most likely planned to be made with fluidity in combat. It is partially the fruit of Leonardo's anatomical research in the Canon of Proportions as described in the Vitruvian Man.

Model of Leonardo's robot with inner workings, as displayed in Berlin
Building the robot of Leonardo da Vinci in the Leonardo3 laboratories by Mario Taddei.

Notes

^ Rosheim; Mark Elling. Leonardo's Lost Robots. Springer, 2006, p. 69.

[1] Rosheim; Mark Elling. Leonardo's Lost Robots. Springer, 2006, p. 69.

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