Automata

An automaton (plural: automata or automatons) is a self-operating machine. The word is sometimes used to describe a robot, more specifically an autonomous robot. An alternative spelling, now obsolete, is automation.

The word automaton is the latinization of the Greek αὐτόματον, automaton, (neuter) "acting of one’s own will". It is more often used to describe non-electronic moving machines, especially those that have been made to resemble human or animal actions, such as the jacks on old public striking clocks, or the cuckoo and any other animated figures on a cuckoo clock.

The automata in the Hellenistic world were intended as toys, religious idols, or tools for demonstrating basic scientific principles, including those built by Greek mathematician Hero of Alexandria (sometimes known as Heron). When his writings on hydraulics, pneumatics, and mechanics were translated into Latin in the sixteenth century, Hero’s readers initiated reconstruction of his machines, which included siphons, a fire engine, a water organ, the aeolipile, and a programmable cart.

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British Fighter Jets Intercept 'Aggressive' Russian Aircraft Approaching Baltic States

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British fighter jets were scrambled to intercept three Russian planes that committed an “act of aggression,” the U.K.'s defence secretary said. RAF Typhoons left their base in Estonia to obstruct the planes which were approaching Baltic countries ... Try Newsweek. Subscription offers....

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Central bankers are considering ‘dropping money from the sky’ to prop up the economy

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A daring new approach to solving the economic slump that has taken hold in Europe is gaining popularity in official circles ... Read more....

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(CNN)Capable of hitting targets 3,400 miles away, China's "Guam killer" missile is raising new fears of a growing Chinese threat to major U.S. military installations and stability in the Pacific Rim. A congressional panel has issued a report warning of the dangers of the missile, during a week in which U.S.-China tensions flared anew with a U.S. Navy destroyer sailing close to a Chinese-claimed island in the South China Sea ... Read More ... ....

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Netanyahu Tells Officials 'It's About Time' For Abbas To Accept Peace Talk Offer

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Declaring, “It’s about time,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged heads of diplomatic missions and religious communities on Thursday to encourage Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to accept his offer to talk peace, The Jerusalem Post reported.Netanyahu said he is willing to sit down with Abbas in Jerusalem, Ramallah or anywhere else he might be willing to meet....

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Dapur, London WC1: ‘It looks, and smells, like the real thing’

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Our lunch for two costs 15 quid. Given the freshness of the ingredients, and the vibrancy of the pastes and spices, this is quite the bargain. @marinaoloughlin ... If anything, it has intensified. their scale, their state of constant flux, their sheer unknowability ... I found it on my way to Novelty Automation, an odd little “arcade” filled with hilarious, vaguely creepy, coin-operated automata (The Chiropodist, Alien Probe) ... Related....

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Edit The New Republic 12 May 2016

There have been machines that move themselves for millennia ... The original treatises he wrote about these automata were lost to history. But a group of Sicilian scholars discovered Arabic translations in the thirteenth century. Translating into Latin, the monks coined a new term for automata that looked human ... In the late 1730s, an inventor named Jacques de Vaucanson presented three automata at the Académie des Sciences in Paris ... ....

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Automata is scheduled for this year but is also not on the list ... Automata is meant to release this year (and is not listed as a “major title”), it still doesn’t completely clarify ......

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Activision has released four new trailers for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Mutants in Manhattan, the upcoming action game from Bayonetta developer Platinum Games ... Watch all the videos below. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ... Automata with Square-Enix, and Xbox One-exclusive Scalebound. ....

Square Enix Planning More ‘Large Scale Console Games’

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... franchises, and then some, for home consoles over the last few years- Final Fantasy 15, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Kingdom Heats 3, Dragon Quest 11, NieR Automata, and I Am Setsuna are just some of the major high end console games Square is pushing....

Stephen Brookes Will Receive Gödel Prize for Inventing Concurrent Separation Logic (Carnegie Mellon University)

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(Source. Carnegie Mellon University). Tuesday, May 10, 2016. Stephen Brookes, Carnegie Mellon University professor of computer science, and Peter W ... The prize will be presented at the 43rd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming, July 12-15 in Rome ... Decomposition is the basis for parallel execution of programs or algorithms, which can enhance the overall speed of computing systems ... Share . ... (noodl. 33487421) ....

Computer Science Professor's Work to be Published (University of Rio Grande)

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(Source. University of Rio Grande). by Jessica Patterson. May 4, 2016. Dr. Alisa Neeman is an assistant professor for the University of Rio Grande's School of Engineering Technologies. Rio Grande, Ohio -University of Rio Grande Professor, Dr. Alisa Neeman has been recognized for her work of finding new ways to teach computer science ... Automata Theory Concepts through Software Test,' for publication ... They have a great attitude.' ... Back ... (noodl....

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Foodies have emerged as the fastest-growing tenants in all capital cities as they vie for space with retailers but are willing to pay a premium for the right location. The height of the demand is such that one of the well-known groups, Urban Purveyor, owned by Quadrant Private Equity, is looking to expand through a public listing ... Chef Clayton Wells' first solo restaurant, Automata, is open in The Old Clare Hotel . ....

NieR: Automata Screens 28 April 2016

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How Prince's 'Kiss,' 'Cream' Videos Created the Sex God of Erotic City

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Like the king of music videos, Michael Jackson, Prince used the MTV era to imprint an image on a generation of music fans ... Sidebar. Let's Go Crazy. Why Prince's 'Purple Rain' Is a Masterpiece » ... to establish Prince as a modern sex god. "Kiss" is perfection ... They're like the frozen automata of Robert Palmer's iconographic "Addicted to Love" music video, only these gals undulate and entice ... ....

NieR Automata Release Window Announcement Coming at E3

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But with Platinum Games’ sequel to Square Enix’s cult hit�NieR, the PS4 exclusive�NieR Automata, we won’t have to suffer such a waiting period at all- Square Enix�Producer ......

Sue Jackson obituary

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Artist who founded the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre and turned automata into a contemporary art form. Sue Jackson, who has died suddenly aged 77, was the driving force in Britain behind the craft of creating automata – moving works of art ... By Sue’s definition, automata are machines with human characteristics ... It was a seminal moment in the evolution of British automata....

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Automata's New Screenshots Show Dilapidated Industrial Area

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Square Enix has released five new images for Nier. Automata, the upcoming action-RPG developed by Platinum Games ... Nier. Automata was announced at E3 2015, where Bayonetta studio Platinum Games was also confirmed as developer ... "The world that you see in Nier. Automata is one where androids and mechanised weapons clash in ferocious combat in a barren and deserted wasteland ... He added ... ....

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