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From: ORBAN@amt00.ime.nrc.ca (Peter Orban)
Subject: Re: Medieval automatons
In-Reply-To: frega@ils.nwu.edu's message of 9 Oct 1993 18:38:21 GMT
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In <frega-091093135149@frega.ils.nwu.edu> frega@ils.nwu.edu writes:

> This may be the wrong group for my request . . . but . . .
> 
> Where might I find books concerning medieval automatons or find out where
> there are major public collections thereof?
> 
> Any responses by e-mail are most welcome.
> 
> --Don Frega

Minsky edited a book on robotics, and it has a chapter on the origins
of robotics including medieval automatons and other fascinating stuff.
The book is:

 CONTROL NOS:  ISBN:   0385194145 :  19.95      LCCN:      84024390
 TITLES:      *  Robotics / edited by Marvin Minsky
 NOTES:          1st ed.
                 Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1985.
                 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Hope this helps, Peter
--
Peter Orban
National Research Council of Canada
Internet: orban@nrcamt.ime.nrc.ca

