#DidYouKnow: The word robot turns 100 this year! 🤖 It was first introduced by Czech playwright Karel Čapek in his 1920 play, R.U.R., or Rossum’s Universal Robots. But the idea for automated, humanoid machines came about much earlier—just take a look at this writing automaton from ca. 1800. 👇 The mechanics of the Draughtsman-Writer (which inspired Brian Selznick's 2007 book "The Invention of Huge Cabret") are hidden in a cabinet rather than in the figure. ⚙️ ✍️ This allowed for larger machinery
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When a cuckoo is not enough!C.1800, London, Automaton clock. Sometimes just winding these clocks is a specialist job. #workshop #cox #star #automata #houseofautomata #automaton #clockwork #diorama #clockworkguru #antique #horology | The House of Automata
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