robotic autonomous observatories a historical perspective机器人自主天文台历史的角度来看.pdf

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Advances in Astronomy Volume 2010, Article ID 570489, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2010/570489 Review Article Robotic Autonomous Observatories: A Historical Perspective Alberto Javier Castro-Tirado Instituto de Astrofısica de Andalucıa (IAA-CSIC), Glorieta de la Astronomıa s/n, 18008 Granada, Spain ´ ´ ´ Correspondence should be addressed to Alberto Javier Castro-Tirado, ajct@iaa.es Received 22 July 2009; Accepted 29 January 2010 Academic Editor: Lorraine Hanlon Copyright © 2010 Alberto Javier Castro-Tirado. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. This paper presents a historical introduction to the field of Robotic Astronomy, from the point of view of a scientist working in this field for more than a decade. The author discusses the basic definitions, the differing telescope control operating systems, observatory managers, as well as a few current scientific applications. 1. Introduction Intelligent Robot: An automatic device which is capable of performing many complex tasks with seemingly human Early designs of what can be considered precursors to intelligence. robots started in the First Century A.D. in Byzantium, Alexandria, and other places, but the first automatons called The first attempts to robotize telescopes were developed “robots” appeared in 1921 following the name of “robot” by astron