Editing Leonardo's robot (section)

{{About|the automaton design by Leonardo da Vinci|the robotic surgical device occasionally referred to as a "da Vinci robot”|da Vinci Surgical System}}
{{Short description|Automaton designed by Leonardo da Vinci}}
[[File:Leonardo-Robot3.jpg|thumb|Model of Leonardo's robot with inner workings, on display in Berlin]]
'''Leonardo's robot''', or '''Leonardo's mechanical knight''' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: ''Automa cavaliere'', lit. "Automaton knight"), is a humanoid [[automaton]] designed and possibly constructed by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] in the late 15th century.<ref name=":02">{{Citation |title=Leonardo's Knight |date=2006 |work=Leonardo’s Lost Robots |pages=69–113 |url=https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/3-540-28497-4_3?sharing_token=NdQiCWIO34-S2B3in1tAa_e4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY5rdytw2DBGfURjm_6v04inZMaBk3blSfDzPC3XPYDCDK3YK5SVbpCMODDyvLDFTZg6dslzgx0INVSmx28GYCjeY_iruu193nVuxDvxFxVqiA%3D%3D |access-date=2024-11-05 |place=Berlin, Heidelberg |publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg |language=en |doi=10.1007/3-540-28497-4_3 |isbn=978-3-540-28440-6|url-access=subscription }}</ref> 

The robot’s design largely consists of a series of [[Pulley|pulleys]] that allow it to mimic human motions.<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":12">{{Cite journal |last=Moran |first=Michael E. |date=December 2006 |title=Epochs in Endourology The da Vinci Robot |url=https://www.endourology.org/images/endourology-history-articles/The-da-Vinci-Robot.pdf |journal=Journal of Endourology |volume=20|issue=12 |pages=986–990 |doi=10.1089/end.2006.20.986 |pmid=17206888 }}</ref><ref name=":32">{{Cite journal |last=Rosheim |first=M.E. |date=August 6, 2002 |title=In the Footsteps of Leonardo |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/591641 |journal=IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=12–14 |doi=10.1109/100.591641 |via=IEEE|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Operational versions of the robot have been reconstructed by multiple researchers after the discovery of Leonardo’s sketches in the 1950s.<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":42" /> Leonardo’s designs may have served as inspirations for robotics projects backed by [[NASA]] and [[Intuitive Surgical]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />