Title :
Technology and Autonomous Mechanisms in the Mediterranean: From Ancient Greece to Byzantium [Historical Perspectives]
Author :
Valavanis, K.P. ; Vachtsevanos, George J. ; Antsaklis, P.J.
Abstract :
This contribution describes the automation and control technology of ancient times. The first feedback control device on historical record is the water clock of Ktesibius. Although Ktesibius´s contemporary Archimedes also had a water clock driven by a feedback mechanism.
Keywords :
automation; control system synthesis; feedback; Ancient Greece; Byzantium; Ktesibius; Mediterranean; automation technology; autonomous mechanism; control technology; feedback control device; water clock; Feedback communications; Feedback control; History;
Journal_Title :
Control Systems, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCS.2014.2359589
