1. By Drew Carlton & Alex James

2. About Leonardo  Leonardo DaVinci was one of the greatest minds of his time and still is to this day.  He was an inventor and an artist. He was great at the two things he had focused on.

3. His Inspiration  Leonardo’s inspiration had come from a Greek scientist Ctesibus. Ctesibus had created many different inventions.  One of his famous inventions was the first organ and water clocks with moving figures.

4. Leonardo’s Robot  In the year of 1495, Leonardo had created the first humanoid robot. The robot was based off of the human anatomy. The robot was also designed according to the Vitruvian canon.  The armored robot knight was designed to sit up, wave it’s arms, and move its head by a flexible neck while it’s opening and closing its jaw.

5. More about the Robot  He would later put chords to simulate the tendons and muscles in the robot.  The robot consisted of two independent systems.  The two systems were called 3-degree of freedom and 4-degree of freedom.  The 3-degree system consisted of legs, ankles, knees, and hips.  The 4-degree system consisted of shoulders, elbows, wrists, hands, and arms.  These degrees described how much the robot could move its arms and other body parts.

6. His affect in history  Leonardo DaVinci’s invention of his robot had helped create a new interest in robotics.  His robot created an idea to work around.  A lot of robots have been modeled after his ideas. An example of a robot would be C3PO.

8. Information Page  http://web.archive.org/web/19980111112 350/http://www.imss.fi.it/news/mostra/6/ e65.html http://web.archive.org/web/19980111112 350/http://www.imss.fi.it/news/mostra/6/ e65.html