Automata (mechanical)

thumb|Pinocchio automaton

18th-century automaton or mechanical toy

French inventor of mechanical automata

story from the Arabian Nights

large automaton featuring three life-sized mechanical birds

clockwork display at the Bowes Museum

German manufacturing company

1739 automaton in the form of a duck

novelty device containing a bird automaton

three doll automata built between 1768 and 1774

mechanical automaton created by Friedrich von Knauss in 1764

ornamented clock in the form of a ship

Musical instrument