Model of a robot based on drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. rik Möller. Leonardo da Vinci. Mensch - Erfinder - Genie exhibit, Berlin 2005.

Model of a robot based on drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. rik Möller. Leonardo da Vinci. Mensch - Erfinder - Genie exhibit, Berlin 2005.

Leonardo Designs a Mechanical Knight

Circa 1495
Reconstruction of the robot of Leonardo da Vinci in the Leonardo3 laboratories, Milan, in 2007.

Reconstruction of the robot of Leonardo da Vinci in the Leonardo3 laboratories, Milan, in 2007.

About 1495 Leonardo da Vinci designed a humanoid automaton or robot that has been called a Mechanical Knight. He described the knight as being clad in German-Italian medieval armor, and able to make several human-like motions.

Timeline Themes

Robotics / Automata
Art and Science, Medicine, Technology