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An 800 Years Old Ancestor: Today’s Science of Robotics and al-Jazari |
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By: FSTC Limited, Fri 29 February, 2008 |
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Introducing al-Jazari's ancestry to modern cybernetics and robotics science, Prof. Toygar Akman narrates in this testimony article his own discovery of the work of the great 13th century Muslim scholar. He shows further how al-Jazari's mechanical achievements laid the ground to a proto science of robotics avant la lettre.
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Overview on al-Jazari and his Mechanical Devices |
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By: FSTC Limited, Mon 25 February, 2008 |
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In this article, Professor Yavuz Unat, a known historian of science from Ankara University, draws a general survey on al-Jazari and his treatise. He describes some of his machines and points out the numerous technological innovations brought about by al-Jazari in their design and physical principles.
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Al-Jazari: 800 Years After |
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By: FSTC Limited, Fri 01 February, 2008 |
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Some 800 years in the past, in 1206, a brilliant Muslim scholar died : Badi? al-Zaman Abu al-‘Izz ibn Isma?il ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari. He was one of the most important inventors and mechanical engineers in the history of technology. His magnum opus book of mechanics, the famous Al-Jami? bayn al-?ilm wa 'l-?amal al-nafi? fi sina?at al-hiyal (A Compendium on the Theory and Useful Practice of the Mechanical Arts) was the most significant treatise of the Islamic tradition of mechanical engineering and a ground breaking work in the history of mechanics.
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The List of Al-jazari Articles Published on MH.com |
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By: FSTC Limited, Fri 01 February, 2008 |
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Some 800 years in the past, in 1206, a brilliant Muslim scholar died : Badi? al-Zaman Abu al-‘Izz ibn Isma?il ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari. He was one of the most important inventors and mechanical engineers in the history of technology. His magnum opus book of mechanics, the famous Al-Jami? bayn al-?ilm wa 'l-?amal al-nafi? fi sina?at al-hiyal (A Compendium on the Theory and Useful Practice of the Mechanical Arts) was the most significant treatise of the Islamic tradition of mechanical engineering and a ground breaking work in the history of mechanics.
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800 Years Later: In Memory of Al-Jazari, A Genius Mechanical Engineer |
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By: FSTC Limited, Wed 30 January, 2008 |
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Al-Jazari (1136-1206) was an important Arab Muslim scholar. He was an inventor and mechanical engineer who gained fame and glory with his famous book of mechanics Al-Jami `bayn al-`ilm wa 'l-`amal al-nafi `fi sina `at al-hiyal (A Compendium on the Theory and Useful Practice of the Mechanical Arts), the most significant treatise of the Islamic tradition of mechanical engineering and a ground breaking work in the history of technology. Some 800 years after his death, modern history of science is appealed to give him credit and celebrate his work.
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The Mechanics of Banu Musa in the Light of Modern System and Control Engineering |
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By: FSTC Limited, Fri 10 August, 2007 |
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This article is a review of the book published recently by Professor Attila Bir (Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Istanbul) on Banu Musa's book of mechanics studied in the framework of modern system and control engineering.
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Automation and Robotics in Muslim Heritage: The Cultural Roots of al-Jazari's Mechanical Systems |
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By: FSTC Limited, Tue 07 August, 2007 |
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This short paper introduces a longer essay by Prof. Gunalan Nadarajan, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies in the College of Arts and Architecture at Penn State University. The essay draws on the work of al-Jazari, the famous 13th century Islamic scholar, engineer and scientist.
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When Ridhwan al-Sa’ati Anteceded Big Ben by More than Six Centuries |
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By: Abdel Aziz al-Jaraki, Wed 11 April, 2007 |
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The following article by Abdel Aziz al-Jaraki, a scholar from Damascus, describes the context of the investigation carried on since several decades on a famous clock built by Fakhr al-Din Ridhwan al-Sa'ati at the beginning of the 6th centuty of Hijra (1202 CE) in his work `Amal al-Sa'at wa 'l-`Amal biha (The Operation of clocks and working with them). The author surveys also his ongoing endeavours to reconstruct this instrument and make it live again.
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Pioneers of Automatic Control Systems |
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By: FSTC Limited, Fri 22 December, 2006 |
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Although the feedback concept, which is lying in the foundation of dynamic systems, has been perceived relative recently, the idea was understood and applied correctly by the Muslim scientists.
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The Machines of Al-Jazari and Taqi Al-Din |
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By: FSTC Limited, Thu 30 December, 2004 |
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Prof. Salim T S Al-Hassani In this pioneering survey of some of the machines of Al-Jazari and Taqi Al-Din, Professor Salim Al-Hassani uses in-depth analysis with the tools of modern technology to make them live again. Relying on the original manuscripts and applying modern engineering technology and graphic modelling with computers, we can see these machines designed and described many centuries ago come to life.
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