240-year-old ancestor Bashny.Net

I present to you the amazing automaton made in 1770. world-renowned Swiss watchmaker Pierre-Jacques Droz (1721-1790gg.) Avtomaton- is winding mechanism that looks like a humanoid robot or animal.





"Calligraphy" is a mechanism for independent software-controlled, consisting of 6000 parts capable of writing with a pen. 240 years of the unit can be considered a distant ancestor of modern computers.



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"Calligraphy" was the prototype for the main character of the film by Martin Scorsese, "Hugo." To make the robot was more like a living person, a special mechanism actuates his head and his eyes, as if the boy really sees to it that he wrote. "Calligraphy", even dunks pen in the ink before you start writing



Calligrapher able to write a text consisting of 40 characters. Text encoded on the wheel and the letters are selected in succession drugom.Mehanizm operates through a strong spring; energy enough to transmit the last movement of the winding drum and then - to the regulators and actuators.



Calligraphy is one of the three automatons created by Jacques-Pierre Droz in the period from 1767 to 1774. By the same principle, made mechanical puppets "Artist" and "Artist". These dolls have traveled all over Europe: they visited the exhibitions in Paris, Brussels, London, Kazan, Madrid, in Austria, Germany and Denmark.



In 1906 the Society of historians and archeologists g.Nevshatel automatons acquired 75 000 gold francs, and since they are the exhibits of the Museum of Art and History of Neuchâtel



Today the company Montres Jaquet Droz can be ordered automaton calligrapher, growing up to 80 cm. Production of toys would require a little less than a year, depending on what kind of person, body and dress, as well as any make-up, hairstyle and pose wish to see the client

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