'The Writer' Automaton
- Andy McIlvain
- Jul 25
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 26
Video from HowToMake
'The Writer' Automaton
"An astonishing 250 year old programmable automaton." from the video introduction
The Jacquet-Droz Automata
"Between 1768 and 1774 Swiss-born watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-DrozOffsite Link, his son Henri-Louis, and Jean-Frédéric Leschot constructed three automata: The Writer (controlled by a mechanism consisting of 6000 metal parts), The Musician (controlled by a 2500-piece mechanism) and The Draughtsman (controlled by a 2000-piece mechanism)..." from the article: The Jacquet-Droz Automata
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