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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