Automatons: The Original Robots

Automatons: the genesis to robots. Take a look at the technology and innovation of one of the world's oldest art forms.
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[@nayandusoruth2468]

They are f*cking awesome machines, and the art of making these should be brought back, but i wouldn't trust them enough to not put them in a barricaded closest at night. They are so eerily similar to the real things they imitate, as to have dropped into the uncanny valley...

[@Zula_The_Squid]

Them being in the uncanny valley is the most beautiful thing about them

[@bluetaigax1747]

Yeah the should be brought back, there are some examples of these like those music box it's made from wooderfulife music box. They sell it at a store here in the philippines at hobbes and landes. Pure automata with a programed music in it

[@inhalefarts]

There's an automaton in your closet right now breakdancing

[@apple_macos_finder9853]

Animatronics are actually these modernised version of these robots.

[@peterah7957]

Incredible.... I think we overlook theses historical geniuses

[@AffordBindEquipment]

The movie Hugo is totally worth the watch.

[@DrillEntertainmentNetwork]

its scary

[@rampagingarsonist8381]

@@DrillEntertainmentNetwork you're scary

[@stef4788]

i tried watching it when i was 10, i got really freaked out when hugo himself started turning into clockwork.

[@AffordBindEquipment]

@@stef4788 must have been some animated version, for in the live action one, he doesn't do that.

[@stef4788]

@@AffordBindEquipment thats how i remembered it its been at least 5 years okay

[@Gearz-365]

Despite the outbreak of digital technology, I think there will be a time in the future where clockwork technology will make a bigger comeback because of its fascination. Gears and cogs turning is a very cool and fascinating thing to watch and the art of making them is just as beautiful. Me being a clockwork and steampunk fan, I think it's fun tinkering with clocks and other mechanical instruments. Sure, it won't completely replace electronic devices, but I think they will come back eventually

[@ghostrider8307]

I hope old school tech comes back and saves us from Digital World. I’m a manufacturer of gears from India and I’m Highly intrigued by the concept of automatons. Glad we share same choices.

[@m3vm3]

we first need more hobbyist to re-adopt it

[@Coppermeshman]

Believe me they still do, they quite efficient at certain tasks.

[@benjaminwebb5759]

So beautiful the clock work, the gears. I love anything mechanical watch like.

[@antarizuki5705]

Robot In past : ART Robot nowadays : INDUSTRIES

[@alphayun7401]

imagine an alternate reality where they are both

[@intanlestari534]

robot nowadays, program, game and software is an art too..

[@anoblefish411]

you have no idea how complicated those things are

[@zindy29]

These are genius and the people who designed and built them are truly amazing.

[@archivedmorriss1604]

This gives proof to the quote *we are not building the future, we are just catching up to it*

[@thebuttermanenjoyer1802]

FOR SUPEEERRRR EARTH...!!!!

[@omerhalitipekci2256]

They were beyond their time

[@alisalauzon9291]

BRING THEM BACK !! Very awsome !

[@letsgetunknown5637]

Loved this, loved the music too

[@Badusername2000]

Surprised no one has mentioned it yet but if you love the concept of automatons, play the game series syberia, based in a world where these got a lot more popular than they ever did irl

[@SirYeetU]

AUTOMATON? FOR SUPER EARTHHHH!!!

[@zecutelinho483]

Inacreditável, o robô vitoriano desenha melhor que eu

[@wrinkleintime4257]

THIS IS AMAZING!!!!

[@Jeanclaudevanderfield]

I am a fulltime automaton builder that posts some of my lifesize works here on KZbin, but I always end up browsing other videos on automata. Every time, I end up being inspired by videos of such amazing pieces such as this one and get so excited to get back into the shop creating! Thanks for sharing such incredible pieces!!

[@user-wf9ox9xz6b]

Потрясающе🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤!!!

[@alexandro3385]

fascinante.

[@donteatmyleg3286]

Automaton??? FOR SUPER EARTH

[@anastasiaphan4202]

Yess. I've found the name of that movie which has a writing automaton. Hugo.

[@ManoMano-oy6bi]

The name of the music ?

[@kindaclassykindachola]

Creepy but cool.

[@sharleseyy6873]

When I was still in 3rd grade my dream is to built an automata because of a certain anime I watched and I'm in high school now and it is still one of my dreams cause I'm really interested in them they work without electricity the it looks like they were build by aliens. I want to build an automata that can play 10 different types of music.

[@unemployedgringo]

Offensive that they label this as art, this is cutting edge engineering even to this day, and is even more impressive than typical modern engineering projects.

[@carolynzaremba5469]

Art is not offensive. There is an art to engineering.

[@ehab9877]

Well said 🌹🌹

[@kirovkirov8825]

Plato's robot that performed many tasks is missing though antedated this other automatons for almost twenty centuries.

[@MrReaperofDead]

What's the name of the music used in the video?

[@ifowallace9622]

Impresionante. Anque asustan un poco.

[@user-gk8gg1zt7l]

Very nice, like

[@paulsmith-gi5vm]

Slightly tiffed that the automatons of Hero of Alexandria and the Japanese tea servers weren't mentioned.They are centuries older and likely inspired many of the recent creations shown.- kzbin.info/www/bejne/a32lnaipiqlmgck kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2XMgYqFetirmck

[@kid-ava]

these look terrifying, but also pretty fucking sick

[@Numocron]

Oh wow man😃

[@jonpaul3868]

Watchmakers Made: automatons, clocks and watches, music boxes, and Locke system on guns.

[@heru-deshet359]

IMO this takes more intelligence and talent to create than writing a program for an animatronic puppet.

[@TheMAnimal617]

I think some of the people commenting about wanting to see a renaissance in this don’t see that this science and art might have found many new applications already and have applied the principles to other things.

[@subdiicee]

Music name please

[@misspetietianone3330]

I once saw such an intriguing daily activity behind a hospital. Some kind of mechanical person & a dog walked clickwise around a track & a mechanical blackbird swooped left to right, following a direct course. This took place every day. I went back to track it down but it wasn't there. What was it? Dog training?

[@georgiebennett3336]

So basically, this is the earliest form of "Non-Traditional" advertising for clocks.

[@dronesulrs541]

Um mundo nos é sonho

[@stupit467]

I'm gonna be honest, I discovered this when strolling through Frostpunk stuff

[@kalliaalogdianaki2246]

First robot made in ancient Greece

[@pearofman]

Lit

[@davehause8571]

At 0:20 - Nightmares are made of this.

[@moodylittlebitch2023]

Hugo was such a wonderful movie and I was absolutely fascinated with every minute of it from the first time I watched it as a 10 year old❤️ it’s worth watching

[@tonywright8294]

The music by ?

[@JibplayzYT]

i just wonder how they controlled the turk (chess automaton) and the samurai 1875 also chess (automaton)

[@CIorox_BIeach]

Very little has changed.

[@rogersbrasil8886]

Negócio sinistro

[@TheMoyuelo]

Increíble el ingenio antiguo.

[@scrapplepig]

Like all the writing on the bottom blocking the picture.

[@davesstuff1599]

These long ago masters weren't sidetracked with social media like today either.

[@vivyvel]

THE NAME OF THE MUSIC????😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@paulawolanski4510]

They creep me out a bit because some of them are very real looking but they just do the same thing over and over. You might briefly mistake it for a real person, then you realize that something's off.

[@quiletforsan7498]

Automatons were so like steam - punk robots But nowadays robots are cyberpunky

[@golfsupersoundmixooo7766]

🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@lennyjsjs5451]

Anybody knew these by playing frostpunk?

[@stupit467]

That'd be me, Heya

[@nat0106951]

I can imagine a good anime plot for this... Giant Automatons vs titans during 1700s era ..wow

[@TheRisky9]

It would make an impressive steam punk. Doesn't need to be anime.

[@xkeysowamajix1289]

Doctor who wants to know your location!!!

[@ArtMeetsScience]

I started with a 2x4 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3vOmWh8ndp2e5Y

[@therealbriancox]

Modern version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2KQipinfN6hotk

[@luisgottwald1382]

Am i the only one thinking those guys look mad scary😳

[@carolynzaremba5469]

Yes.

[@noodlemochi322]

I actually knew the word "automaton" from Skyrim lmao

[@Cumjr]

Same bro

[@cristiankahn2315]

I knew it from A game that’s literally called nier automata

[@noora9604]

The first to make a robotic man is the island’s Muslim scholar Badīʿ az-Zaman Abu l-ʿIzz ibn Ismāʿīl ibn ar-Razāz al-Jazarī was a Muslim polymath: a scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, artisan, artist and mathematician from Jazira. Wikipedia Born: 1136, Cizre, Turkey Died: 1206, Turkey en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_al-Jazari

[@ijsbranddegraaf8387]

engen dingen ....

[@kaassaus4230]

Dat zeer zeker

[@jacobgoldenofficial4321]

250 years ago Who built them?

[@MGRRR5672]

its crerpy

[@nixxgg]

Steampunk

[@olukayodeokunrinboye1446]

Some of the drugs the doctor gives a person stops catarrh and starts cough, cheers to Andrew liver salts

[@AndyLouHongkong]

Crepy...

[@marcelloribeiro2750]

Kinda creepy.

[@scientistchannel7334]

Why you seen big women??

[@happymeal4570]

Two comments ;c

[@auralangst6177]

Having to read the subtitles means there isn't enough time to view the video. I have to keep skipping back a few seconds, every few seconds. Urgh.

[@A_for_AML]

Creepy music spoils interest

[@jazzram_]

Who’s here from Hugo

[@shoknifeman2mikado135]

The modern ones, look like crap!

[@martimsalvador9186]

anyone with fnaf vibes in here? just me ;-;

[@maskthefacelessone]

What's the name of the music?