Rosheim Leonardo´s Lost Robots

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-3-540-28497-0
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 188 Seiten

This book reinterprets Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical design work, revealing a new level of sophistication not recognized by art historians or engineers. The book reinterprets Leonardo's legacy of notes, showing that apparently unconnected fragments from dispersed manuscripts actually comprise cohesive designs for functioning automata. Using the rough sketches scattered throughout almost all of Leonardo's notebooks, the author has reconstructed Leonardo's programmable cart, which was the platform for other automata. Through a readable, lively narrative, the author explains how he reconstructed da Vinci's designs.

Mark Rosheim attended the University of Minnesota, studying mechanical engineering. He has developed robotic technologies for NASA, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Energy, and is the founder and president of Ross-Hime Designs, Inc., a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based mechanical design company. He holds over 20 patents in robot technology, and has published and lectured extensively around the world on the topic of robot technology and history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rosheim, Mark

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Foreword;6
2;Preface;8
3;Acknowledgments;10
4;Contents;11
5;List of Figures;12
6;I Beginnings;17
7;II Leonardo’s Programmable Automata and Lion;37
8;III Leonardo’s Knight;85
9;IV Leonardo’s Bell Ringer;130
10;V Epilogue Leonardo’s Legacy and Impact on Modern Technology;176
11;A1 Appendix 1 Leonardo on the Bell Ringer Water Clock;181
12;A2 Appendix 2 Electronic Representation of the Clock Operation;190
13;I Index;193