240-Year-Old Robot Boy



This 240 year old automaton was built in Switzerland by watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz, along with son Henri-Louis and Jean-Frédéric Leschot. 'The Writer's' insides are composed of 6,000 parts, each one miniaturized to fit inside his small frame. It is thought to be the world's first computer
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