
Maillardet’s Automaton
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
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The Automaton - A Life Imitated Life
The automaton was put back on display at the franklin institute in two thousand seven. Andrew realized that during one of the times the machine had been repaired, a handful of pieces had actually been reconnected wrong. So he made some changes, and the machine came to life in a whole new way. Head the eyelids the left arm moved subtly and elegantly in this early, lifelike way they had first moved when the automaton had been unveiled.
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