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Theseus

Bell Labs (Claude Shannon) · Research · 1950

Claude Shannon’s maze-solving mechanical mouse — one of the first machine-learning devices ever built. Theseus explored a 25-square maze by trial and error, then "remembered" the solution using telephone relay circuits under the maze floor.

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Theseus — full specifications

CategoryResearch
StatusActive
Year1950
Actuator typeElectromagnet drive under maze floor, relay-circuit memory
Use casesFirst machine learning demonstration
Made inUSA

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