Robot Knight

Robot Knight — our title; or Leonardo's Robot (Wikipedia article title).[[1]] Photo posted by Steven Heller, a major figure "in the Design community" (quoting Chad Dresbach, with thanks): <https://www.facebook.com/thedailyheller.thedailyheller/posts/2731039283887459>.

Includes a matching photo of Robby the Robot[2] and brief commentary beginning with the sentence, "Since the inception of the robotic era in the late fifteenth century, when Leonardo DaVinci imagined his mechanical knight automaton — we have attempted to lord over our machines by making them more human and simultaneously servile."

See for the development of robots, generally[3] and in the arts[4] for robot fighters see Leonard G. Heldreth's essay, "In Search of the Ultimate Weapon: The Fighting Machine in Science Fiction Novels and Films."

RDE, CD, 2Ap20