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Robot history: everything you wanted to know

Robot history: everything you wanted to know

Kerry McInerney answers your questions on the history of robots – from ancient Greece to the age of AI

Spencer Mizen

Published: December 8, 2024 at 8:30 AM

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When did automatons first emerge? Which science-fiction depiction of robots is the most accurate? And why did so many people fall for a hoax machine called the "Mechanical Turk"? In conversation with Spencer Mizen, author and academic Kerry McInerney answers some of the most pressing questions on the history of robots.

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Spencer MizenSenior production editor

Spencer is senior production editor of HistoryExtra magazine