New Scientist recreates a robot made by the ancient Greeks

New Scientist · 449K views · 2007 · 2:03

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A recreation of a programmable robot from ancient Greece demonstrates early engineering ingenuity.

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Cited in 1 Wikipedia article, including Hero of Alexandria.