A History Of Robots

Craig and Matt look at the surprisingly long history of robots--from ancient times to the renaissance to the industrial revolution--and contemplate what it means to be a machine. Is the universe a machine? Are we machines? What is the history of robots? Are we robots?


Special Thanks to:

Minsoo Kang

Minsoo Kang's book:
http://www.amazon.com/Sublime-Dreams-...

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Music By:

Kevin MacLeod
http://incompetech.com/

Driftless Pony Club
http://www.driftlessponyclub.com/

Jason Shaw
http://audionautix.com/

Benson Ramsey

Jake Chudnow
  / jakechudnow  

Oscillator Bug
https://oscillator-bug.bandcamp.com/

Image and Video Credits:

Honda humanoid robots, By Morio (photo taken by Morio) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)], via Wikimedia Commons

Ping pong robot, By Humanrobo (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)], via Wikimedia Commons

Daedalus and Icarus, Anthony van Dyck [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Hephaestus (Vulcan) Statue, Guillaume Coustou the Younger [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Confucius Laozi Buddha, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil..., via Wikimedia Commons

Fall of Icarus, By Jacob Peter Gowy, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gow..., Public Domain

Original Vauconson Duck, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil..., Public Domain

Vaucanson Portrait, Joseph Boze [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

3 Vauconson Automata, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil..., (Public Domain) Illustration from Histoire des jouets

Cotton Mill Interior, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil..., Lewis Hine [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Child Laborer, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil..., By Lewis W. Hine for the National Child Labor Committee [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Antikythera Mechanism, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil..., [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

18th Century French Parade, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil..., By Engraver and illustrator not identified [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Automatons by Pierre Jaquet-Droz, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil..., By Rama (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.0 fr (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)], via Wikimedia Commons

Sony qrio robot, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil..., By Sony_Qrio_Robot.jpg: Dschen Reinecke derivative work: Jorgebarrios (This file was derived from: Sony Qrio Robot.jpg:) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons

Mars Rover Selfie, http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/cata...

Lego Robot, By Eirik Refsdal from Trondheim, NORWAY (LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)], via Wikimedia Commons

KUKA Factory Robots, By Mixabest (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons

Video of Singing Bird Box courtesy of Skinner Inc:    / @bonhamsskinner  

Video of Chariot Clock Automaton courtesy of Yale University Art Gallery:    / @yaleartgallery  

Video of Friar in Motion courtesy of the National Museum of American History:    / @smithsonianamhistory  

Metropolis, 1927, Paramount Pictures, Universum Film, Directed by Fritz Lang

School of Athens, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raphael_School_of_Athens.jpg, by Raphael [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Leonardo Robot, By Photo by Erik Möller. Leonardo da Vinci. Mensch - Erfinder - Genie exhibit, Berlin 2005. (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Prague Astronomical Clock, By Maros M r a z (Maros) (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)], via Wikimedia Commons