Clocks are the earliest self regulating devices, so they are robots, effectively. If you accept that these clockwork creations are indeed robots, then you can also argue that the earliest robots were clocks. It was these mechanical marvels that made the Industrial Revolution possible, mobilising hundreds of workers to be at the same place at the same time, enabling goods to be transported, trains to run accurately, and allowing industry to become an efficient machine. The Industrial Revolution was also the catalyst for massive social change across the world, bringing about the rise of the working class, and sparking ideas like capitalism and marxism. Now, in the west, cuba found itself at the epicentre of this shift. It was the poster child for communism in the west, right in the back garden of the us, the heart of capitalism. Richard taylor has been to cuba to see how the island is now moving with the times. The Iconic Images are strikingly familiar. Cuba today still feels in some way
This is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines at 3. 30pm north korea fires a Ballistic Missile into the sea of japan the first such test since donald trump became us president. Mr trump has assured japans Prime Minister shinzo abe that america stands behind, its great ally, 100 . The commons speaker, john bercow, insists his impartiality hasnt been affected after revealing he voted remain in the eu referendum. His spokeswoman said the way he cast his ballot had no impact on his ability to deal fairly with all mps. Labours deputy leader, tom watson, says the partys leadership is settled for this parliament. He played down reports that mr corybn has been encouraged to improve his popularity ratings and that the party is vetting potential leadership successors. German police have evacuated hundreds of passengers at Hamburg Airport after an unknown substance caused Breathing Problems amongst passengers. Now on bbc news, time for. Click. This week, swan eats fish, cat ignores mouse, and mo
This is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines at 3. 30pm north korea fires a Ballistic Missile into the sea of japan the first such test since donald trump became us president. Mr trump has assured japans Prime Minister shinzo abe that america stands behind, its great ally, 100 . The commons speaker, john bercow, insists his impartiality hasnt been affected after revealing he voted remain in the eu referendum. His spokeswoman said the way he cast his ballot had no impact on his ability to deal fairly with all mps. Labours deputy leader, tom watson, says the partys leadership is settled for this parliament. He played down reports that mr corybn has been encouraged to improve his popularity ratings and that the party is vetting potential leadership successors. German police have evacuated hundreds of passengers at Hamburg Airport after an unknown substance caused Breathing Problems amongst passengers. Now on bbc news, time for. Click. This week, swan eats fish, cat ignores mouse, and mo
This is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines at 3. 30pm north korea fires a Ballistic Missile into the sea of japan the first such test since donald trump became us president. Mr trump has assured japans Prime Minister shinzo abe that america stands behind, its great ally, 100 . The commons speaker, john bercow, insists his impartiality hasnt been affected after revealing he voted remain in the eu referendum. His spokeswoman said the way he cast his ballot had no impact on his ability to deal fairly with all mps. Labours deputy leader, tom watson, says the partys leadership is settled for this parliament. He played down reports that mr corybn has been encouraged to improve his popularity ratings and that the party is vetting potential leadership successors. German police have evacuated hundreds of passengers at Hamburg Airport after an unknown substance caused Breathing Problems amongst passengers. Now on bbc news, time for. Click. This week, swan eats fish, cat ignores mouse, and mo
This week, swan eats fish, cat ignores mouse, and mountain moves man. Few things say the future better than robots. We seem to be in an era of massive advances at the moment. This week, a leaked video from Boston Dynamics shows off its latest machine, called handle, something its founder described as nightmare inducing. Rolling on with the wheel theme, piaggio, known for its vespa motorcycles, has revealed a new Robot Servant called gita. This Robo Suitcase follows its owners every move, using cameras in its body and in the users belt. But sometimes its good to look at where weve come from. The robots exhibition at Londons Science Museum is a 500 year history of humanitys attempts to create robots that resemble us and our behaviours. There are more than 100 robots here, including some old friends that weve met before. And this amazing swan, made from silver, is all the more incredible because it was made over 200 years ago, in 1773. Its incredibly fragile inside. One of the issues is,