Abstract
There are many stories from Greece and Rome of objects that move by themselves, statues that show signs of life, even fires that kindle of their own accord. Is it the case, then, that the Graeco-Roman world should be credited with inspiring modern robotic technologies? Tatiana Bur gets us thinking about self-animated machines ('automata') in classical antiquity: what form(s) did they take, what were they for, and what makes them interesting objects for ancient historians to study?
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 12-13 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Omnibus |
| Issue number | 82 |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2021 |