http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2006/01/22/a-robot-that-can-shit/ mind/tech bazar from outer space Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:40:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2006/01/22/a-robot-that-can-shit/#comment-85988 nicolas Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:16:18 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2006/01/22/a-robot-that-can-shit/#comment-85988 Of course the Vaucanson duck is one of the first robot (and it could also poop) but it's less a piece of art and rather a scientific artifacts (of course one can discuss the distinction between art and science and that time ;) ) Of course the Vaucanson duck is one of the first robot (and it could also poop) but it’s less a piece of art and rather a scientific artifacts (of course one can discuss the distinction between art and science and that time )

]]> http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2006/01/22/a-robot-that-can-shit/#comment-85987 Jean-Baptiste Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:49:45 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2006/01/22/a-robot-that-can-shit/#comment-85987 There is also the Vaucanson duck (le canard de Vaucanson). Some photos circulate on the net but it seems that the original has disappeared. It has been rebuilt in Chambéry near Grenoble in France http://www.miralab.unige.ch/subpages/automates/eightennth/im_vaucanson/canard.htm There is also the Vaucanson duck (le canard de Vaucanson).
Some photos circulate on the net but it seems that the original has disappeared.
It has been rebuilt in Chambéry near Grenoble in France
http://www.miralab.unige.ch/subpages/automates/eightennth/im_vaucanson/canard.htm

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