Al-Jazarī (1136-1206), was a prominent medieval polymath: an scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, craftsman, artist, mathematician and astronomer from Diyarbakır, Turkey, who lived during the Middle Ages.
The hand-washing automaton with a flush mechanism
He is best known for writing the “Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices” in 1206, where he described fifty mechanical devices along with instructions on how to construct them.
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Al-Jazari – Master Engineer and Father of Robotics
Diagram of a hydropowered water-raising machine
Al-Jazari pioneered advances in robotics and is credited with inventing the camshaft, the crankshaft and segmental gearing – which are present in almost every machine today.
Al-Jazari and the Castle Clock
The Elephant Clock
The musical robot band (musical toy)
Automatic castle clock
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