{"id":51,"date":"2015-05-09T02:49:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T02:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2017-08-27T04:48:38","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T04:48:38","slug":"automata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/?page_id=51","title":{"rendered":"automata"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-51\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-51-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-51-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-51-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>automata are self-operating machines, with a long history of design and construction in various cultures,\u00a0including many different automata that write, draw or paint\u2026<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>karakuri<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>karakuri are a type of japanese automata, usually clockwork, popularised in the 17th century by Takeda Omi who opened a theatre circa 1660 in Osaka, presenting various karakuri automata including seated figures that brushed calligraphy...<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-51-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-51-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-51-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-51\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KARAKURI.jpg\" width=\"562\" height=\"809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KARAKURI.jpg 562w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KARAKURI-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KARAKURI-104x150.jpg 104w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KARAKURI-400x576.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" title=\"Takeda Omi - karakuri ningyo theatre c1660\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-51-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-51-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-51-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child\" data-index=\"2\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/24412432\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/BR><br \/>\nthis video by matthew allard explores the work of 21st century karakuri maker hideki higashino, including an automaton calligrapher &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div id=\"panel-51-2-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_siteorigin-panels-builder panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div id=\"pl-w59a24e6c6f87b\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w59a24e6c6f87b-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w59a24e6c6f87b-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w59a24e6c6f87b-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><hr>\n\n<b>henri maillardet : the writing boy<\/b>  london, circa 1800<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div id=\"panel-w59a24e6c6f87b-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MAILLARDET.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MAILLARDET.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MAILLARDET-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MAILLARDET-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MAILLARDET-400x561.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" title=\"the maillardet automaton at the franklin institute\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-w59a24e6c6f87b-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text\" data-index=\"2\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Henri Maillardet (1745-1830), was a Swiss mechanician who worked in London, for a time in the shops of Pierre Jaquet-Droz, who produced watches, clocks, and automata.<\/p>\n<p>In 1805 Maillardet built a remarkable spring-activated automaton that draws seven different pictures and writes verses in French and English. The motions of the drawing hand are controlled by a bewildering series of cams in the base of the automaton.<\/p>\n<p>When first presented to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia in 1928, the automaton was fire damaged and of unknown origin. Once restored to working order, the automaton identified itself by penning the words \"written by the automaton of Maillardet\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lwkkDfs-RKg\" target=\"_blank\"> this 7 mins video <\/a> documents a demonstration of the maillardet automaton at the franklin institute in 2007...<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tv5U_fEvrMA\" target=\"_blank\"> this 40 mins video<\/a> documents a more technical demonstration to a group of clockmakers and engineers in 2014...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div id=\"panel-w59a24e6c6f87b-0-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MAILLARDETdrawingSHIP.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MAILLARDETdrawingSHIP.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MAILLARDETdrawingSHIP-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MAILLARDETdrawingSHIP-150x144.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MAILLARDETdrawingSHIP-400x383.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" title=\"one of the seven drawings of the maillardet automaton\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-w59a24e6c6f87b-0-0-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text\" data-index=\"4\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><hr>\n<b>Pierre Jaquet-Droz : the Neuchatel androids <\/b> Switzerland, 1774<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div id=\"panel-w59a24e6c6f87b-0-0-5\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"5\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/jaquet-droz_draughtsman-655x1024.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"1001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/jaquet-droz_draughtsman-655x1024.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/jaquet-droz_draughtsman-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/jaquet-droz_draughtsman-96x150.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/jaquet-droz_draughtsman-400x626.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/jaquet-droz_draughtsman.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" title=\"the jaquet-droz drawing boy\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-w59a24e6c6f87b-0-0-6\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text\" data-index=\"6\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Pierre Jaquet-Droz (1721-1790) was a Swiss-born watchmaker who lived in Paris, London, and Geneva, where he designed and built automata as novel demonstrations of his clock-making skills. <\/p>\n<p>Circa 1775 he and his son constructed a suite of three automata - a writer, musician and draughtsman. These devices are still operating and on display in Switzerland today. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u8u93VQfHmw\" target=\"_blank\"> this 11 mins video (spoken in French)<\/a> documents a public demonstration of the three jaquet-droz automata in 2011...<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g1gqYwy9fOs\" target=\"_blank\" >this 7:30 mins video (spoken in French)<\/a> documents a more technical demonstration of jaquet-droz's writer automaton in 2011...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div id=\"panel-w59a24e6c6f87b-0-0-7\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"7\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/jaquet-droz_drawing.jpg\" width=\"676\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/jaquet-droz_drawing.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/jaquet-droz_drawing-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/jaquet-droz_drawing-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/jaquet-droz_drawing-400x215.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" title=\"jaquet-droz automata drawings\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-w59a24e6c6f87b-0-0-8\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text\" data-index=\"8\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><hr>\n<b> John Nevil Maskelyne : \u201cZoe\u201d <\/b> London, 1877<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div id=\"panel-w59a24e6c6f87b-0-0-9\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"9\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Maskelyne_Zoe.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Maskelyne_Zoe.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Maskelyne_Zoe-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Maskelyne_Zoe-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Maskelyne_Zoe-400x619.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-w59a24e6c6f87b-0-0-10\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"10\" ><div class=\"aligncentre panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-w59a24e6c6f87b-0-0-10\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Maskelyne_Zoe_device.jpg\" width=\"328\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Maskelyne_Zoe_device.jpg 328w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Maskelyne_Zoe_device-166x300.jpg 166w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Maskelyne_Zoe_device-83x150.jpg 83w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-w59a24e6c6f87b-0-0-11\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text\" data-index=\"11\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p>John Nevil Maskelyne (1839\u00a0\u2013 1917) was a London stage illusionist, magician and proto-sceptic who had trained as a watchmaker. <\/p>\n<p>Among his many inventions (which included the \u2018spend a penny\u2019 pay toilet) was \u2018Zoe\u2019, an apparent automaton that drew portraits of well-known people on request. <\/p>\n<p>However, Zoe was not an automaton per se - her drawings were produced by a human operator concealed below the stage whose hand movements were transferred to the articulated mannequin above.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/31649826\" target=\"_blank\"> this 7 mins video<\/a> explores the life and career of john nevil maskelyne (but doesn't mention 'zoe')...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div id=\"panel-w59a24e6c6f87b-0-0-12\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"12\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Zoe-DARWIN.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Zoe-DARWIN.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Zoe-DARWIN-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Zoe-DARWIN-118x150.jpg 118w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Zoe-DARWIN-400x510.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-51-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-51-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-51-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><hr>\n<b>joseph walker \/ philip vielmetter : mechanical artist toys <\/b> circa late 19th century<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-51-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-51-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-51-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-51\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/walkerartist.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/walkerartist.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/walkerartist-145x145.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/walkerartist-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/walkerartist-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/walkerartist-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" title=\"rare pressed copper toy artist by joseph walker - birmingham c 1880\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-51-4-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-51-4-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-51\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/vielmetterclown.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/vielmetterclown.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/vielmetterclown-145x145.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/vielmetterclown-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/vielmetterclown-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/vielmetterclown-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" title=\"clown artist tin toy by philip vielmetter, germany c1895\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-51-5\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-51-5-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-51-5-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_siteorigin-panels-builder panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><div id=\"pl-w59a24f26caa2a\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w59a24f26caa2a-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w59a24f26caa2a-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w59a24f26caa2a-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p>By the late 19th century, windup and hand-cranked mechanisms were being used in pressed metal toys. <\/p>\n<p>Joseph Walker of Birmingham created his mechanical toy artist in 1880, and German manufacturer Philip Vielmetter produced the mechanically identical clown artist from 1895. Both are hand-cranked to produce various drawings depending on which set of notched metal cams is fixed into the toy\u2019s base.<\/p>\n<p>As the cams are interchangeable between the toys, it is believed Vielmetter purchased the rights to the mechanism from Walker.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_MK5IHQdK3Q\u2028\" target=\"_blank\"> this 30 second video<\/a> shows the vielmetter clown artist making a drawing, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dT01OPRU57E\" target=\"_blank\"> this 3 mins annotated video<\/a> shows the toy being unpacked and operated...<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=75zOVfIzzus\" target=\"_blank\"> this 30 second video<\/a> shows the joseph walker toy in operation... <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div id=\"panel-w59a24f26caa2a-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text\" data-index=\"1\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><hr>\n<p><b>Patrick Tresset : a robot named Paul<\/b> London 2010<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div id=\"panel-w59a24f26caa2a-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_siteorigin-panels-builder panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div id=\"pl-w59a24f26caad8\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w59a24f26caad8-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w59a24f26caad8-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w59a24f26caad8-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tresset_portrait.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tresset_portrait.jpg 534w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tresset_portrait-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tresset_portrait-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tresset_portrait-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tresset_portrait-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" title=\"patrick tresset and his robot named paul...\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-w59a24f26caad8-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text\" data-index=\"1\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/patricktresset.com\/new\/\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Tresset<\/a> is a widely exhibited London based artist who makes installations in which reductive robot automatons make drawings, often portraits of visitors to the exhibition. <\/p>\n<p>Even though the robotic mechanisms making the drawings are clearly machines, their \u2018behaviour\u2019 in making the drawings is perceived by viewers as human-like, performed with volition, intent, skill and observation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/66455127\" target=\"_blank\">this 4:20 mins video by Patrick Tresset<\/a> documents a 2012 installation for the Tate Modern, where 5 robots named Paul were installed to draw different perspectives of visitor sitters...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div id=\"panel-w59a24f26caad8-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tresset_portraits6.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tresset_portraits6.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.drawingmachines.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tresset_portraits6-300x284.jpg 300w, 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