robot writes letters and draws pictures!

       Robots are not strictly a modern invention. At the right is seen “Miss Automaton,” a robot doll over a hundred years old. When a motor is geared to its mechanism, which is located under the table, the doll writes letters and draws pictures with a pen which it holds in its right hand. In the photo she is seen drawing a ship for the amazement and amusement of spectators.
       “Miss Automaton” was the gift of John W. Brock, of Philadelphia, whose father, John Penn Brock, bought the doll in 1870 in France, to the the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

Right, Here is "Miss Automaton," the century old robot which draws pictures and writes letters according to the dictates of the mechanism situated at her feet.

See More Automatons:

• Joueuse de Tympanon - automate
• Restauration des automates de Pierre et Henri Louis (English subtitles)
• Japanese "Karakuri" automata
• Lost art of Automatons "Alive Again"
• I included a link to a Pierrot automaton at the Belsnickel Blog here
  

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