1. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) The design of the first known robot in recorded history 1495 Helicopter powered by four men (which would not have worked since the body of the craft would have rotated) and a light hang glider which could have flown.On January 3, 1496 he unsuccessfully tested a flying machine he had constructed

2. John Dee (1527-1608)

3. Rabbi Judah Loew, The Maharal of Prague (1525-1609)

4. Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) Kepler's elliptical orbit for Mars

5. John Louis von Neumann 1903-1957 Theories of Self-reporting Automata, 1966

6. Norbert Wiener(1894-1964) The impact of “the automatic age” on our moral lives.

7. Jatrobowski 1857 Ergonomics or The Science of Work

8. Physical ergonomics is concerned with human anatomical, anthropometric, physiological and biomechanical characteristics as they relate to physical activity. (Relevant topics include working postures, materials handling, repetitive movements, work related musculoskeletal disorders, workplace layout, safety and health.) Cognitive ergonomics is concerned with mental processes, such as perception, memory, reasoning, and motor response, as they affect interactions among humans and other elements of a system. (Relevant topics include mental workload, decision-making, skilled performance, human-computer interaction, human reliability, work stress and training as these may relate to human-system design.) Organizational ergonomics is concerned with the optimization of sociotechnical systems, including their organizational structures, policies, and processes. (Relevant topics include communication, crew resource management, work design, design of working times, teamwork, participatory design, community ergonomics, cooperative work, new work paradigms, virtual organizations, telework, and quality management.)