Image 1 — An Automaton of a Preaching Monk Built in 1560. Munich, Germany - 2022-10-12
Image 2 — An Automaton of a Preaching Monk Built in 1560. Munich, Germany - 2022-10-12

An Automaton of a Preaching Monk Built in 1560. Munich, Germany - 2022-10-12

An automaton of a preaching monk built in 1560. He would roll around a surface, hands and head moving, with his feet imitating walking. Taken in the Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany - 2022-10-12

u/East_Of_Anywhere — 10 days ago
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The Play That Coined the Term "Robot" in the Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany - 2022-10-12

Title page of Rossum's Universal Robots signed by Josef Capek. The play the coined the term "robot" to open the Robotics section.

u/East_Of_Anywhere — 10 days ago
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Gyrodus circularis Agassiz, a very toothy fish, from the Upper Jurassic. Taken at the Palaeontological Museum Munich. Munich, Germany - 2022-10-11

Info panel translation: "Globular-toothed fish Gyrodus circularis Agassiz Upper Jurassic, Solnhofen Platy Limestone (150 million years old) Zandt near Denkendorf, Upper Bavaria These large fish lived in the vicinity of reefs, crushing hard-shelled prey with their crushing dentition." "Gyrodus circularis Ag. Upper Jurassic, Zandt, Middle Franconia"

u/East_Of_Anywhere — 10 days ago

The trumpet playing automaton from 1810 at the Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany - 2022-10-12

u/East_Of_Anywhere — 10 days ago