The concept of artificial beings mimicking human or animal actions has deep roots in history, stretching back to antiquity. The term "automaton" originally referred to spontaneous events in ancient ...

Automata 2011, a mechanical art show in New Orleans takes place at Ironworks, 612 Piety St., Saturday (April 9) night from 5 to 9.

W hile “The Writer” is not amongst the 57 works on display in the Marvellous Mechanical Museum, a new exhibition at the Compton Verney Art Gallery in Warwickshire, England, its influence on ...

Automata from the Murtogh D. Guinness Collection." Visitors were also invited to a private tour behind the vault of the Guinness Viewable storage area, which contains more than 550 mechanical ...