Although human morphology is not necessarily the ideal form for working robots, the fascination in developing robots that can mimic it can be found historically in the assimilation of two concepts: simulacra ( devices that exhibit likeness ) and automata ( devices that have independence ).

Although Hutus encompass the majority of the population, historically Tutsis have been politically and economically dominant.

Although the book has been historically classified as " prophetic ", the style of writing is apocalyptic which was popular between 200 BCE and 100 CE.

Although the date, place, and circumstances of his death are historically unverifiable, Christian tradition holds that Barnabas was martyred at Salamis, Cyprus, in 61 AD.

Although historically inaccurate, the legend of the Greek messenger Pheidippides running to Athens with news of the victory became the inspiration for this athletic event, introduced at the 1896 Athens Olympics, and originally run between Marathon and Athens.

Although in 2002 the NYSE and the NASDAQ required that nominating committees consist of independent directors as a condition of listing, nomination committees have historically received input from management in their selections even when the CEO does not have a position on the board.

Although the People's Republic of China has been historically hostile to the philosophy of ancient China, the influences of past are still deeply ingrained in the Chinese culture.

Although modern quantum optics tells us that there also is a semi-classical explanation of the photoelectric effect — the emission of electrons from metallic surfaces subjected to electromagnetic radiation — the photon was historically ( although not strictly necessarily ) used to explain certain observations.

Although, historically, the use of quantitative methods was often considered an essential mark of scholarship, modern educational psychology research uses both quantitative and qualitative methods.

Although George III refused to purchase the work, West succeeded both in overcoming his critics ' objections and inaugurating a more historically accurate style in such paintings.

Although Japanese is written using Chinese characters, and has historically imported many words of Chinese origin, the two languages are not considered to have a genealogical relationship.

Although the word jackal has been historically used to refer to many small-to medium-sized species of the wolf genus of mammals, Canis, today it most properly and commonly refers to three species: the black-backed jackal and the side-striped jackal of sub-Saharan Africa, and the golden jackal of northern Africa and south-central Eurasia.

Although the prefix kilo-means 1000, the term kilobyte and symbol kB have historically been used to refer to either 1024 ( 2 < sup > 10 </ sup >) bytes or 1000 ( 10 < sup > 3 </ sup >) bytes, dependent upon context, in the fields of computer science and information technology.

Although today the state is usually considered part of the Midwest, historically Missouri was considered by many to be a Southern state, chiefly because of the settlement of migrants from the South and its status as a slave state before the Civil War.

Although the sale or consumption of commercial alcohol has never been prohibited by law, historically various groups in the UK have campaigned for the prohibition of alcohol, including the Society of Friends ( Quakers ), The Methodist Church and other non-conformist Christians, as well as temperance movements such as Band of Hope and temperance Chartist movements of the 19th century.

Although they have scutes on their feet and lay eggs, birds have historically been excluded from the reptiles, in part because they are warm-blooded.

Although St. Lucia has historically been spared from serious hurricane destruction, Hurricane Allen decimated the agricultural sector and claimed nine lives in 1980.

Although historically the river was not present on several official maps ( for example, according to David Leboff and Tim Demuth's book ; in 1907, 1908, and 1919 ), from 1921 it was absent for several years ( on pocket maps designed by MacDonald Gill ).

Although this picture is somewhat simplified ( to the non-relativistic case ), it is adequate to capture the essence of current thinking on the phenomena historically called " wave – particle duality ".

Although the positive outcomes of the IDA's efforts in Africa had been historically slow, the large allocation of funding to African countries led to positive outcomes particularly within agriculture and infrastructure development efforts.

* Although the gold standard has brought long-run price stability, it has also historically been associated with high short-run price volatility.

Although " nurture " has historically been referred to as the care given to children by the parents, with the mother playing a role of particular importance, this term is now regarded by some as any environmental ( not genetic ) factor in the contemporary nature versus nurture debate.

Although modern parallels between the teachings of Jesus such as the Sermon on the Mount and some Buddhist teachings have been drawn, these comparisons emerged after missionary contacts in the 19th century, and there is no historically reliable evidence of contacts between Buddhism and Jesus during his life.

Although Thurmond never publicly acknowledged Essie Mae, he paid for her education at a historically black college and passed other money to her for some time.

Although the Taylor Scale was designed as a group testing device, in this study it was individually administered by psychologically trained workers who established rapport and assisted the children in reading the items.

Although the Atari 5200's internal design was extensively based on that of the 400 / 800 home computers, the differences were sufficient that games designed for one would not run directly on the other.

Although each country has made its own adaptations and changes to the format, the contestants are confined to a specially designed house where their every action is recorded by cameras and microphones at all times and they are not permitted to make any contact with the outside world.

Although originally designed to assess sense of community in neighborhoods, the index has been adapted for use in schools, the workplace, and a variety of types of communities.

Although the PDP-2 never proceeded beyond the initial design, the PDP-3 found some interest and was designed in full.

Although the term " fighter " specifies aircraft designed to shoot down other aircraft, such designs are often also useful as multirole fighter-bombers, strike fighters, and sometimes lighter, fighter-sized tactical ground-attack aircraft.

Although GIF is not often used for truecolor images ( as it was not designed for that purpose ), there are at least two methods that can generate 24-bit RGB truecolor images when decoded correctly.

Although it was designed to serve multilateral agreements, during several rounds of GATT negotiations ( particularly the Tokyo Round ) plurilateral agreements created selective trading and caused fragmentation among members.

Although he had received permission in 1876 to continue excavation, Schliemann did not reopen the dig site at Troy until 1878 – 1879, after another excavation in Ithaca designed to locate an actual site mentioned in the Odyssey.

Although these concepts overlap to some extent, each has its own uses and requirements and is designed and optimized differently.

Although IKEA household products and furniture are designed in Sweden, they are largely manufactured in developing countries to keep costs down.

Although he usually designed entirely by hand, Pei used a computer to " confirm the spaces " for the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.

Although a substantial number of colonies had been designed or subject to provide economic profit ( mostly through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries ), Fieldhouse suggests that in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in places such as Africa and Asia, this idea is not necessarily valid:

Although it is Monroe's most famous contribution to history, the speech was written by Adams, who designed the doctrine in cooperation with Britain.

Although a colour graphics board was designed none was ever produced commercially.

** Although the original 68000 CPU was designed by Motorola, there are many clones of this CPU found in the Neo Geo hardware.

Although designed for memory, Secure Digital Input / Output ( SDIO ) and CompactFlash cards are available that provide accessories like Wi-Fi or digital cameras, if the device can support them.

Although most maps are fairly linear, there are some maps that were intentionally designed to avoid that, which have multiple exits.

Although the SQUARE method could likely be generalized to any large-scale design project, it was designed for use with information technology systems.

Although, for some activities such as dancing or bowling, sliding is desirable, so shoes designed for these activities often have lower coefficients of friction.

Although the Winchester Single Shot gained fame under the Winchester brand name, it was John Moses Browning that designed the rifle, selling the rights to Winchester in the early 1880s.

Although originally designed for simple voice communications, most modern telephones have many additional capabilities.

Although production of pre-war models continued, a new model, the Tatra T600 Tatraplan was designed in 1946-47 by Josef Chalupa, Vladimír Popelář and Hans Ledwinka.