Mechanical or virtual artificial agent carrying out physical activities, which can be guided by an external control device or the control may be embedded within

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Morning and evening amusements, at Merlin's Mechanical Museum, No. 11, Princes Street, Hannover Square.

Grand philosophical, optical, & mechanical exhibition / by M. de Philipsthal.

A doctor examining the dials inside a human machine. Pen and ink drawing by R. Lunt Roberts, c. 1929.

Jacques Vaucanson: mécanicien de génie / [A. Doyon, L. Liaigre].

Medieval robots : mechanism, magic, nature, and art / E.R. Truitt.

Enchanting robots : intimacy, magic and technology / Maciej Musiał.

Superdoctors. Part 1, Robot surgeons.

Pandaemonium.

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Robots

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Jacques Vaucanson: mécanicien de génie / [A. Doyon, L. Liaigre].

Medieval robots : mechanism, magic, nature, and art / E.R. Truitt.

Enchanting robots : intimacy, magic and technology / Maciej Musiał.

Superdoctors. Part 1, Robot surgeons.

Pandaemonium.

Robots

Images from the collections

Images referencing Robots

Works from the collections

Jacques Vaucanson: mécanicien de génie / [A. Doyon, L. Liaigre].

Medieval robots : mechanism, magic, nature, and art / E.R. Truitt.

Enchanting robots : intimacy, magic and technology / Maciej Musiał.

Superdoctors. Part 1, Robot surgeons.

Pandaemonium.

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