Line 1: |
Line 1: |
− | [[Image:lighterstill.jpg]] | + | [[Image:lighterstill.jpg]][[Image:GroszRepublicanAutomatons.jpg|right|frame]] |
| | | |
| An '''automaton''' (plural: automata or automatons) is a self-operating [[machine]]. The word is sometimes used to describe a robot, more specifically an autonomous robot. | | An '''automaton''' (plural: automata or automatons) is a self-operating [[machine]]. The word is sometimes used to describe a robot, more specifically an autonomous robot. |
| ==Etymology== | | ==Etymology== |
− | The [[word]] Automaton is derived from the Greek αὐτόματος,... automatos, “acting of one’s own will”. It is more often used to describe non-electronic moving machines, especially those that have been made to resemble [[human]] or [[animal]] actions, such as the jacks on old public striking clocks, or the cuckoo and any other animated figures on a cuckoo clock.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automaton] | + | The [[word]] Automaton is derived from the Greek αὐτόματος,... automatos, “acting of one’s own will”. It is more often used to describe non-electronic moving machines, especially those that have been made to resemble [[human]] or [[animal]] actions, such as the jacks on old public striking clocks, or the cuckoo and any other animated figures on a cuckoo clock.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automaton] |
| ==History== | | ==History== |
| ===Ancient=== | | ===Ancient=== |
Line 54: |
Line 54: |
| In Eisenstein's classic film October, there is some great footage of antique Russian automatons. | | In Eisenstein's classic film October, there is some great footage of antique Russian automatons. |
| | | |
− | More familiar to Americans are the animated cowboys and musicians at Wall Drug in South Dakota. Hundreds of shopping malls display animated elven automatons every year.[http://www.angelfire.com/punk2/walktheplank/automatons.html] | + | More familiar to Americans are the animated cowboys and musicians at Wall Drug in South Dakota. Hundreds of shopping malls display animated elven automatons every year.[https://www.angelfire.com/punk2/walktheplank/automatons.html] |
| + | |
| | | |
| [[Category: General Reference]] | | [[Category: General Reference]] |
| [[Category: The Arts]] | | [[Category: The Arts]] |