Space station and Babbage’s Analytical Engine: what they have in common

1. Step 1. Space station — includes — International Space Station. A station.
2. Step 2. International Space Station — has part — Industrial robot. The Canadarm2 robotic arm.
3. Step 3. Industrial robot — uses — Program control of a machine. The movements are recorded in a program.
4. Step 4. Program control of a machine — is used in — Babbage’s Analytical Engine. The first concept of a general-purpose machine controlled by a program.

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