Automaton Collection

Automaton at the Schoolboys Own Exhibition, 1929
A physiological robot at the Schoolboys Own Exhibition in London, 1929. Designed to show how organs of the body work, here three young visitors take great interest in its insides. Date: 1929

Chinese Puppet Theatre
A street puppet show. The automaton figures are operated by a set of strings

Maskelyne & Cooks automaton, Psycho
Maskelyne & Cooks thought-reading, whist playing automaton, Psycho, as demonstrated at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London

The Man Who Works The Automaton
The man who works The Mechanical Turk, a fake Automaton Chess Player, designed by Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen. 1769

Oil lamps, including hydro-pneumatic and automaton lamps
Oil lamps, including the hydro-pneumatic lamp designed by R. W. King, Bartons oil lamp, and John Porters automaton lamp. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J

Chinese wrestler and automaton and a tom-tom player, Qing Dynasty. Street performer wrestling with a human-size pasteboard puppet

Maskelyne & Cooks automata performing in London Maskelyne & Cooks automata
Maskelyne & Cooks automata perform at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London. Date: 1878

Concert Mecanique, invented by M Richard
A Concert Mecanique invented by Monsieur Richard and demonstrated in the Royal Library. It consists of three automata, playing keyboard, violin and cello

Kempelins Automaton Chess Player
Wolfgang von Kempelins Automaton Chess Player. It was created in Germany, was widely exhibited, and eventually reappeared in New York in 1845. Date: 1769

Guinness Clock at Battersea Festival Pleasure Garden
The Guinness Clock at Battersea Festival Pleasure Gardens - one of the famous attractions of the Festival of Britain, London, England. Date: 1951

Maillardets automaton: an drawing and a verse produced by the doll. Date: 18th century

Automaton from Dresden
Interior of an early 19th century robot from Dresden, constructed in 1810 by an engineer called Kaufman. This mechancial trumpeter can blow the Saxon tattoo, and at the time of this photograph(1929)

An automaton playing a keyboard instrument (a tympanon) constructed in the 18th century by Hintzen & Kintzen. Date: 18th century

Automaton mandolin player
An automaton mandolin player who taps her foot while playing, attributed to Jacques de Vaucanson, a French inventor

MOOREs STEAM MAN 1893
Two illustrations of Canadian inventor George Moores Steam Man, a fully mobile robot automaton powered by an internal steam engine

MOOREs STEAM MAN C1890
The Steam Man automaton of Canadian Professor George Moore, which has an internal engine allowing it to walk, and vent steam through a well placed cigar!

Vowel Simulator / 1900
Marages machine to simulate the sounds and mouth shapes created by saying the five vowels

Three musical automata, including a Japanese lady with a parasol, and a banjo player

Kempelins Automaton Chess Player
Wolfgang von Kempelins Automaton Chess Player. It was created in Germany, was widely exhibited, and eventually reappeared in New York in 1845

Futuristic automatic orchestra
A futuristic automated orchestra -- musicians will become redundant, apart from the conductor who just has to turn a handle. At least the actors haven t been replaced... yet

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