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  1. MrRING

    Automata / Automatons (Mechanical Figures): General / Historical

    This is a really imaginative site that goes over the various "real" Victorian robots & steam men that were made - very nice illustrations & stuff... http://www.bigredhair.com/robots/index.html Link is dead. The MIA webpage (with working links) can be accessed via the Wayback Machine...
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    • 10th century b.c. 11th century b.c. 1773 3rd century b.c. automata automatons barnard castle fredrik leschot john joseph merlin king mu of zhou mechanical figures neuchâtel pierre jaquet-droz switzerland the bowes museum the peacock clock the silver swan walt disney wookey hole yan shi
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  2. Dingo667

    Mechanical Men In The Vatican?

    I've heard about this when I was about 10. Of course it may well be an urban legend (even though it wasn't told as one and it has no moral to it). Basically machine men (wooden mechanical pseudo-robots) are supposed to be kept in those vast underground corridors of Vatican city. They are dating...
  3. O

    'The Turk': Chess Playing Automaton

    The computer wore a turban and played chess http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/books/05/30/the.turk/index.html An 18th century marvel is described in 'The Turk' May 30, 2002 Posted: 10:37 AM EDT (1437 GMT) (CNN) -- It was the chess computer Deep Blue of its time, a turban-wearing automaton...
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