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[John S]

Yes. This is worth viewing!

http://www.chonday.com/Videos/the-writer-automaton

 

[Wilbur]

Pretty cool deal right there!

 

[jimcasey01]

I'm impressed

This man had a tremendous imagination, and a lot of time and patience. Phenomenal!

 

[JerrySharrett]

3 animated dolls about like this in the Smithsonian.

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[Andy Cross]

You know

A friend, a retired mechanical engineer who view that video with me said. You know if you asked a team of engineers who graduated from college a couple of years ago to build that doll. The committee would never be able to decide what computer program to design it on let alone build it. As cynical as it sounds he's probably right.
Andy.

 

[tim]

As an FYI the overall subject is at the core of the movie "Hugo" that was done a few years back. It was a very good movie and worth a watch. Done by Martin Scorsese.

 

[mks]

A friend, a retired mechanical engineer who view that video with me said. You know if you asked a team of engineers who graduated from college a couple of years ago to build that doll. The committee would never be able to decide what computer program to design it on let alone build it. As cynical as it sounds he's probably right.
Andy.

The doll is fantastic, particularly that it fits inside the body. But FWIW, today's ME students can still work with mechanisms when that's what is called for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmY-EBSvUcY

Cheers,
Keith

 

[Andy Cross]

That was the winning entry

The doll is fantastic, particularly that it fits inside the body. But FWIW, today's ME students can still work with mechanisms when that's what is called for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmY-EBSvUcY

Cheers,
Keith

That was the winning entry.
We rest our case.