The ancient Greeks were among the first people to create automata, machines that imitate the motions of humans and animals. Hero of Alexandria wrote extensively about automata and invented several special devices for the miniature stage during his...

(pl. automata) // n. An abstract mathematical device which is capable of performing certain computations. An automaton is essentially an implementation of a transition network to perform some particular task, frequently that of recognition. It consists...

In the broad sense, any concrete machine that can perform independently, e.g. telephones or vending machines. In the narrow sense of automata theory. a mathematical model of concrete machines as information-processing systems which store and process...

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. Used colloquially, it refers to a mindless...

Abstract: In this paper we study the Smarandache Semi-Automaton and Automaton using Smarandache free groupoids. Keywords: Smarandache free groupoid, Smarandache Semi-Automaton, Smarandache Automaton, Smarandache Automaton homomorphism Definition 1: Let S be a non-empty set. Then (S) denotes the free groupoid generated...

A Glass Eye Pix release of a MonsterPants Movies production in association with ScareFlix. Produced by Lisa Wisely, James Felix McKenney. Executive producer, Larry Fessenden. Directed, written, edited by James Felix McKenney. Camera (B&W), David W. Hale; music, the Noisettes; sound, Graham...

Two rappers, sitting side-by-side in a House hearing room, went in different directions Tuesday on the need for hip-hop artists to expunge their work of sexist and violent language.One, Master P, apologized to women for past songs that demeaned them, while another was defiant.Former gangsta...

Hitachi's new toddler-like robot rolled around and waved for reporters Wednesday, only to crash into a desk and demonstrate the challenge of turning automatons into everyday helpers.The red and white robot, designed to run errands in offices, wasn't prepared for the jam of lunch-break wireless...