This reminds me "El Ajedrecista"[0]. A mechanical chess player from 1912, built by the spanish engineer Torres Quevedo[1]. There's a short video demonstrating

This reminds me "El Ajedrecista"[0]. A mechanical chess player from 1912, built by the spanish engineer Torres Quevedo[1]. There's a short video demonstrating the workings and seems very similar[2] (article in Spanish). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ajedrecista https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ajedrecista [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Torres_y_Quevedo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Torres_y_Quevedo [2] https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/03/06/ciencia/1551836790_160117.html https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/03/06/ciencia/1551836790_1601...