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Automata: The Shockingly Advanced 17th Century Clockwork Robots

202559 minHD★ 7.7Technology

Professor Simon Schaffer presents a documentary telling the story of automata, extraordinary clockwork machines designed hundreds of years ago to mimic and recreate life.

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