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From: br@cs.cmu.edu (Bill Ross)
Subject: Re: Father of Robotics?
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 20:53:43 GMT
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   This is a kind of silly topic unless we decide what "Father of
   Robotics" means...

	First person to (fictionally) describe a robot
	    probably could find an instance in the 1800's - certainly in 1920's
	First person to use the term "robot" or "robotics"
	    eastern european guy?
	First person to use those terms for what they mean today
	    Asimov?
	First person to construct a robot (now we have to define "robot")
	    The "Doodlebug" was a clockwork autopiloted un-manned bomb built
	    in 1920's or 1930's -- does that count?

   Hmmm...
   Bill

	
