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Maillardet's Automaton at Franklin Institute
By David Sharpe

Maillardet's automaton, which inspired the author of "The Invention
of Hugo Cabret" from which the movie "Hugo" was taken, is at the
Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  The following link
shows the automaton in action and shows the three poems and four
drawings it can execute:

http://www.fi.edu/learn/sci-tech/automaton/automaton.php?cts=instrumentation 

David Sharpe
Western Massachusetts



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