Ladybird of Szeged Ladybird of Szeged The Ladybird of Szeged or Ladybug of Szeged (Hungarian: "Szegedi Katicabogár" or just "Szegedi Katica") is an early robot which was developed in Hungary at the Cybernetics Laboratory of the University of Szeged (SZTE) between 1956 and 1957. The roughly hemispherical machine has a red shell with black dots, resembling a ladybird (or ladybug), hence its name. The Ladybird is one of the first Hungarian robots, and the first robotic animal ever constructed. It was designed and built by Dr. Dániel Muszka, with the main intention of emulating Pavlovian conditional reflexes in a machine. The original Ladybird
Demographics of Malta Demographics of Malta This article is about the demographic features of the population of Malta, including population density, ethnicity, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Malta is the most densely populated country in the EU and one of the most densely populated countries in the world, with about 1,265 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,000 per square mile). This compares with about 32 per square kilometre (85 per square mile) for the United States. A census (held every 10 years) was held in November 2005. Inhabited since prehistoric times, Malta was first colonized by Sicilians. Subsequently, Phoenicians, Romans, Byzantines,