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Introduction to Robotics

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First Fake Robot – The Turk / Au<strong>to</strong>ma<strong>to</strong>n Chess Player (1770)<br />

Constructed by Wolfgang von Kempelen in 1770<br />

Played many exhibition chess games<br />

Solved the knight-<strong>to</strong>ur problem<br />

Even played against Benjamin Franklin in France<br />

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The Turk<br />

. . . it was a fake, however, human player<br />

hid inside machine<br />

Erion Plaku (<strong>Robotics</strong>) 3

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