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Torres Quevedo builds the chess automaton El Ajedrecista
El Ajedrecista
- Date
- 1912
- Category
- Milestone
- Organization / Model
- Leonardo Torres Quevedo
- Evidence
- 1 source · 1 evidence family
The Spanish engineer finished a machine that plays out chess endgames, recognising pieces mechanically and executing the mate. It is an early forerunner of robot automation, and Torres Quevedo also proposed designs for analogue computing and floating-point arithmetic.
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AI 纪年. "Torres Quevedo 造出国际象棋自动机 El Ajedrecista." Published 1912. Accessed Nov. 3, 2026. https://aihist.net/e/el-ajedrecista-1912.html.
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