Fairly recently in the study of Leonardo da Vinci, it was theorized and determined that he built robots. Famous roboticist Mark Rosheim submitted a paper with his proof to the Leonardo Society. . It was accepted and he was comissioned to recreate it for the BBC. It is designed to sit stand and move arms and uses two hand cranks, It has been displayed around the USA and is normally on display in San Diego Museum of Man.Even Bill Gates referenced it in his article about robots in every home and Dan Brown (in Da Vinci Code) uses excerpts from Rosheims paper to describe a miniature version of this robot.
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