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	Podcast:		BrainStuff
	Episode:		How Is Maillardet's Automaton Still Wowing Us After 200 Years?
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:09:28
	Publish Date:		2026-05-08 09:00:00
	Description:		Around the year 1800, Swiss clockmaker Henri Maillardet created a mechanical doll that moves like a person as it produces drawings and poems with a pen on paper -- it's programmed for seven in total, without having any electrical parts. Learn how it and other automata work in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/maillardets-automaton.htm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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