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Automata
This is a topic of interest to my husband, Camillo da Milano.
Clockwork Prayer: A Sixteenth-Century Mechanical Monk
by Elizabeth King
It is believed that a clockwork monk was made by Italian Gianello Torriano for Phillip II of Spain.
It's a really interesting story!
The First Japanese Robots: Karakuri Ningyo
Essay on Tofugu.com.
Article says 17th century, maybe there were some earlier prototypes?
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