Leonardo’s Lost Robots

• Main Author: Rosheim, Mark Elling (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Arts.; History.; Popular works.; Engineering design.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Automation.; Robotics and Automation.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; History of Science.; Popular Science, general.; Engineering Design.

Leonardo's Lost Robots reinterprets Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical design work, revealing a new level of sophistication not recognized by art historians or engineers. By identifying his major technological projects, the book reinterprets Leonardo's legacy of notes, showing that appare...

Table of Contents:

• Beginnings
• Leonardo’s Programmable Automaton and Lion
• Leonardo’s Knight
• Leonardo’s Bell Ringer
• Epilogue Leonardo’s Legacy and Impact on Modern Technology.