Demonstration of David Roentgen's Automaton of Queen Marie Antoinette, The Dulcimer Player 

@Jeremiah Bullfrog Aham...most pleople at that time siphoned their time away just by trying to survive. Most people were poor and literate and worked their bodies into the ground. At 40 they were old and worn.

martk fartkerson He was talking about then, how people used their time and their skills to invent something or build something that was amazing for that era. He also said that there wasn’t any of what we have now that would have distracted them in that time, but he wasn’t comparing, he just said in that time there wasn’t any internet, cellphones and so on and I’m pretty sure he knows the amazing inventions we have now and that they didn’t just appear out of nowhere. Maybe you misunderstood his message. But I know what he meant. People made things with their hands and the tools they had then and a lot of time to keep getting it right till it was perfect and it stood the test of time, Facebook wasn’t around but hand written letters were sent to people that probably had drama and gossip in their handwritten letters but it took weeks until someone received a letter. 😉

@@detroitfunk313 Yep, the romans had them too more than 2000 years ago, true.

Tonio Alventos can you show an example?

@@tsaszymborska7389 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automaton en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanoid_robot

I did 20 years ago, and was just as disturbed as I am sure they were then. Well, maybe not. But I am honest. You walk into a room, she is by herself lit and you press a button. She comes to life - her eyes move (most of them anyway), and then this happens!! MAD INSANITY! To this day, I am still slack jawed over these "Poupées et Automates". It brought new life to my childhood wind up jewelry box ballerina.

BLACK MAGIC

They would have been like: "o.O holy fuck what will be next - a widespread, pervasive automation of labour, leading to the rise of industrialism and over time diminished control of the production system by manual labourers, driving a general societal turn towards higher education, producing a growing gap between the group of educated and/or creative people who are able to keep up with and profit from accelerated growth, technological turnover and general social upheaval - and a larger, alienated group, responding to the fragmentation of historical mono-cultural narratives, traded culture, the cultural and economical effects of technology-driven globalisation and the ensuing increase in conflict and industry-driven migrational patterns - with the reactivation of idealized notions of a romantic, golden past and a slide towards totalitarianism and fascism???!" ... and then of course, the more stoic or pragmatic among them would have been like: "Nah - it'll be fine ..."

Reminds me of that Hoffmann story where this guy fell in love with a puppet or an automaton, but some guy broke her while dancing!

@@user-kk3nk5zf9s Meanwhile the first marriage between a human and a digital character took place in Japan a fews years ago. We can hope the hard drive lasts beyond the stipulated date of expiry. But plot twist question: In what way are humans (or other life forms) NOT automatons?

It’s amazing but I wouldn’t feel so good seeing that in the corner of my room at night.

Bugay Den If I was offered it, I would have it in my study or side room because it’s actually really pretty and I’m not that creeped out by it. It’s subtle and avoids the worst of the uncanny valley.

Until she stands up and finding her bedside

ну до чего же бездарно... что ж есть к чему стремится!

This is the essence of authomatons! They were pieces of engineering and art at the same time

Accuracy, but the automaton is precise, the creator was accurate.

What a priceless piece of genious! I have never seen such an exquisite and graceful automaton. It is a great pity that it's inspiration was executed, (hopefully with equal skill).

Yes - it's too bad she keeps missing notes!! Dumb blond!!

@@nancyayers6355 she's not actually hitting the notes 😅

@@incloudnine5433 You know it was a joke, right?

Great comment!!!

*It is a recording. This is just the elaborate player for that recording.*

Just a reminder that it was 1 of 8 melodies it could play, so you can multiply those calculations by 8. Edit: I wonder, is there a video with all 8?

Not really, the whole point of written music was to reproduce exactly what was written. It's just transcribing time and action for each note.

White people using math...we are a glorious people!

@@TheRubberduchess lol True!

quaker parrot!!

I'm impressed by anyone who repairs clockz when I was barely able to repair old vcrs.

I want to work for you.

Awwwww

Any machine can follow a program. There's literally no point to having orchestra's anymore, a computer is more accurate and can produce superior sound to any orchestra today. This has been true for over 20 years now.

This doll was created specifically for that purpose.

@@richardwicks4190 but the experience of listening to an orchestra or being part of one is something special. That's why people still do it and love it

@@spud6213 well said, but i gotta agree on how artificially produced orchestra is better

Yeah, and I’m glad it did

Nope, there are several people in North Korea that know nothing about it.

Yep

Yes, just a little later than yourself

in two different devices

it wasn’t the bowes museum was it?! I love that place, I spend a ridiculous amount of time there!!

There have been these things called candles for a long time now :P

@@Fly0High I think they mean a flashlight, which is sometimes called a torch.

Torch tends to be British English!

Imagine buying this from an auction and keeping it in your living room, but you wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of this thing playing.

Exactly what I thought bit creepy

Now that would be an episode for The Twilight Zone!!

Omg, right? I’d be done.

I want this as my alarm clock 😭

CREEPY AS HELL 😹😹😹

In the day, hardware hadn't gone soft or even firm. But still, interchangeable automatic programmes were available for much larger machines - for music and labour-saving devices. An electronic computer programmer just wouldn't readily recognise the programme.

@Fred Smith They are 'of the day' but if you want earlier automation, just look at clocks - 1330

@Fred Smith Jacquard's loom didn't but Vaucanson's loom upon which it was based was working in 1745. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_de_Vaucanson It's Vaucanson's birthday today - was this RU-vid mystery magic ? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-djB9oK6pkbA.html

This could lead to a lengthy discussion.

Yes. Science has reduced this disparity. Only politics and greed stand in the way of a good life for all. Do you know the "future" Isaac Asimove wrote about in his robot stories included the assumption that everyone lived well.

@2manynegativewaves It happens in all human-inhabited parts of the world ;)

No wonder the Nobility thought they were miles above the Commoners.

@@taepark5330 In fact, when writing systems were created, it was not meant to be taught to commoners. Only the royal family members, landlords and their extended families could learn how to write and read. Even the modern-day alphabet was only taught to commoners during the start of the industrial revolution.

@cubomania3 This is an automated cimbalom so ofc commoners wouldn't own anything like this. But they could own a simple version

Well the complex mechanisms used would set them back a lot of francs, so it's more of a very high-end status symbol than anything.

I can see why.

@@Lappmogel The nearest thing to this automaton that the general populace would have seen, was the barrel organ, or barrel piano, played by street musicians. These, however, were not "automata", but automated musical instruments, with a much simpler mechanism. Some fancier versions may have included crude puppets, moving in time to the music.

@@Lucius1958 I mean the instrument only. No dancing puppets, no automation.

Maybe because 300 years ago a robot looked like a beautiful doll and played music, but it evolved and now, faceless, it trolls your online history and tries to guess your next move.

It is actually playing.

Myxomatosis wow what an astonishing reaction❤️

Yay, white people! We are glorious!

It's really not. It's basically a clock with a different function.

@@Shock_Treatment thats like saying a super computer is a calculator with a different function.

@@varolussalsanclar1163 Let me rephrase @Steampunk Wolf comment: It's basically an elaborate cuckoo clock with a different function. More complex, yes. Fundamentally both obey the same mechanical principles. What you said about super computer is right too. Computer is more complex, yes. Both use the fundamentally similar logic circuitries.

Steampunk Wolf then make it :) because computer coding is far easier to learn.

@@colbysmith4002 if it is so much easier, go trying to make a computer from copper, silicon, and other raw materials so you can "code" on it.

Disney's animatronic "Shaman of songs" At Pandora world of Avatar moves with astounding fluidity and able to reflect human expression .ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-I8XB1QUARhI.html

why??

I think it is full size, or close to it

Bahaaaaaa💥🔥

Me too, especially with that necklace. It looked like it was meant to the pre-existing cut.

@@gagaplex not necessarily, those fitted necklaces were part of the wardrobe during the time.

You mean it's not? 😄

i tried too but she seemed too busy playing.

It's a hammer dulcimer, not a harpsichord.

Me

First Thought

Bit late to the question but I'm reading it now.

Grandpa McDonald me

Yeah it's a really good film ❤

More like "Off with her head!" from an angry revolutionary.

We can’t do any of those thing now because of covid

More like, "clockwork!", but who wants to argue semantics these days... ? 😁