Original scientific paper

EVOLUTION OF ROBOTS THROUGHOUT HISTORY FROM HEPHAESTUS TO DA VINCI ROBOT

Christos Iavazzo ; IASO, Maternity Hospital, Athens, Greece
Xanthi-Ekaterini D. GkegkE ; IASO, Maternity Hospital, Athens, Greece
Paraskevi-Evangelia Iavazzo ; Rural Practice Molos, Fthiotida, Greece
Ioannis D. Gkegkes ; Department of Surgery, Korinthos General Hospital, Corinth, Greece

Abstract

Da Vinci robot is increasingly used for operations adding the advantages of robots to the favor of medicine. This is a historical article with the aim to present the evolution of robots in the medical area from the time of ancient myths to Renaissance and finally to the current revolutionary applications. We endeavored to collect several elegant narratives on the topic. The use of imagination could help the reader to find similarities. A trip from the Greek myths of Hephaestus through Aristotle and Leonardo Da Vinci to the robots of Karel Capek and Isaac Asimov and finally the invention of the medical robots is presented.

Keywords

History; mythology; Hephaestus; Da Vinci; robot; surgery

Hrčak ID:

134983

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/134983

Publication date:

15.12.2014.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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