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Robot

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Leonardo's relentless quest for automation reached its climax with the anthrobot project designed in Milan in 1495, probably for a festive occasion at the Sforza court. The robot was the consummate expression of the direct man-machine analogy?a recurrent theme in Leonardo's anatomical studies.

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