Human’s obsession to create machines that are not only labor-slaves but also automatons made in the likeness of the human being has been around for a very long time, even before Faust’s Homunculus or Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Since the beginning of recorded history, cultures have prided themselves in their clever inventions of machines that strike awe and wonder in the beholder. Ancient temples and royal palaces and cities displayed their machines as a sign of power and wisdom.
