Apropos to nothing, much:  Since there seem to be so many computer
people in this group, would anyone care to offer an opinion as to
whether mechanical music devices qualify as robots in the modern sense?

Just wondering.  I think they do, though they lack feedback.  (?)

Mark Kinsler
Lancaster, Ohio USA
http://home.earthlink.net/~mkinsler1

 [ We need contemporary definitions for both "automaton/automata"
 [ and for "robot".  Are the meanings identical in the languages
 [ of Europe?  -- Robbie