I worked at the Turing Institute in Glasgow in the summer of 1992, and just recently ran into an old colleague who was one of the original founders, who confirmed a funny story I'd heard:
Donald Michie once overheard his secretary explaining to someone over the phone how to pronounce his name, in a thick Scottish accent:
"It's Donald, as in Duck, and Michie, as in Mouse."
He was so pissed off, he refused to speak to her for a month! ;)
The Turing Institute put on the First Robot Olympics in September 1990 (check out the cool retro robot photos!):
Donald Michie once overheard his secretary explaining to someone over the phone how to pronounce his name, in a thick Scottish accent:
"It's Donald, as in Duck, and Michie, as in Mouse."
He was so pissed off, he refused to speak to her for a month! ;)
The Turing Institute put on the First Robot Olympics in September 1990 (check out the cool retro robot photos!):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Robot_Olympics
My favorite photo is the walking pizza box fascinating the kids:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Robot_Olympics#/media/Fi...