在中国古代,虽不可能有现代意义上的机器人,但我们的祖先却很早就制作了各式各样模拟人的形状和某些行为、能够自己活动的机械,叫做“机关”木人、“偶人”等,它们正是现代机器人的始祖。春秋战国时期,有一种殉葬用的“俑”就是由简单机械发动能够自己转动跳跃的木人。秦汉之际,出现了能演奏各种乐器的铜人。三国时期,著名巧匠马钧制造了能击鼓吹箫,跳舞掷剑,缘墙倒立的木人,构造已相当精巧。两晋时期,不同功能的机器人相继出现,这些机器人,有的已不是玩具,而带有实用性质。这一时期,还出现了可以看门、舂米的木人。隋唐时期,机器人越来越精巧,所制木人可以奏音乐,击磬、撞钟、弹筝、鼓瑟,皆得成曲。亦可唱戏、跳绳、舞剑、升 In ancient China, though it was impossible to have robots in the modern sense, our ancestors had long ago made a wide range of machines that imitated people’s shape and certain behaviors and were able to act on their own. They called “organs” “Dolls” and so on, they are the ancestors of modern robots. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a kind of “figurine” used for sacrificial burials and was a wooden man who could turn himself and jump by simple machinery. On the occasion of the Qin and Han dynasties, there appeared bronze people who could play various musical instruments. During the Three Kingdoms period, the famous craftsman Ma Jun created a wooden man who could beat the drummer, dance the sword and edge the wall, and the structure was very delicate. During the Jin and Jin dynasties, robots with different functions appeared one after another. Some of these robots are no longer toys but have practical features. During this period, there was also a wooden man who could watch the door and pull rice. Sui and Tang dynasties, robots are more and more sophisticated, the wooden people made by the music can be played, hit, hit the bell, kite, pick, all get a song. Can also play, skipping, sword dance, l