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The 7 Creepiest Old School Robots. Robots are terrifying, we all know that.

The 7 Creepiest Old School Robots

They murder our loved ones and assume their identities, and yet when we yell about it in the street, we're the ones who get put in a cell. The only upside is that the sin of robotics has only recently advanced to the worrying stages, and it might not be too late to stop it. But that's just another filthy robot lie, meant to deceive you into a false sense of security. Creepily advanced robots have been around forever, and they have always, always wanted to destroy everything good on this Earth and then process your children for fuel. #7. In the late 18th century, Swiss watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz needed a good way to publicize his products among the European nobility.

Watch that video featuring three of Jaquet-Droz's creations and you'll finally understand what schizophrenic Amish people scream about in their padded cells. WikipediaIt's like Twitter, mixed with the embalmed corpse of a Victorian-era child. #6. . #5. . #4. AUTOMATONS trailer. AUTOMATONS : Animate statues ; Greek mythology ; pictures : AUTOMATONES. THE AUTOMATONES were metalic statues of animal, men and monsters crafted and made animate by the divine smith Hephaistos.

AUTOMATONS : Animate statues ; Greek mythology ; pictures : AUTOMATONES

Automatons were also manufactured by the great Athenian craftsman Daidalos. HIPPOI KABEIRIKOI, THE A pair of fire-breathing horses which Hephaistos cast out of bronze for his sons, the two gods known as Kabeiroi. KAUKASIAN EAGLE A giant eagle cast out of bronze by Hephaistos to torture the chained Titan Prometheus. KELEDONES KHRYSEAI, THE Singing maidens sculpted out of gold by Hephaistos for the first mythic shrine of Apollon at Delphoi. KOURAI KHRYSEAI, THE A pair of beautiful golden maidens which Hephaistos sculpted out of gold to attend him in his own household. KUONES KHRYSEOS & ARGYREOS A pair of watchdogs one crafted out of gold and the other out of silver by Hephaistos for the palace of King Alkinous of the Phaiakians. TALOS A giant sculpted out of bronze by Hephaistos and presented to Europa Queen of Krete as a wedding present. Homer, Odyssey 7. 87 (trans. Automaton. A self-operating machine Animatronics are a modern type of automata with electronics, often used for the portrayal of characters in films and in theme park attractions.

Automaton

Etymology[edit] The word "automaton" is the latinization of the Greek αὐτόματον, automaton, (neuter) "acting of one's own will". This word was first used by Homer to describe automatic door opening,[2] or automatic movement of wheeled tripods.[3] It is more often used to describe non-electronic moving machines, especially those that have been made to resemble human or animal actions, such as the jacks on old public striking clocks, or the cuckoo and any other animated figures on a cuckoo clock. History[edit] Ancient[edit] The automata in the Hellenistic world were intended as tools, toys, religious idols, or prototypes for demonstrating basic scientific principles. The Antikythera mechanism from 150–100 BC was designed to calculate the positions of astronomical objects.

The animated figures stand Adorning every public street.