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AFAIK the first automaton capable of writing was built sometime around 1770. It still works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laJX0txJc6M https://www.youtube.co

• userbinator 5y ago
  I'm not surprised it does - it's completely mechanical, damage/wear is the main failure mode and as long as it has been adequately lubricated and not suffered catastrophic damage it will continue working. Furthermore, even if parts wear out, it would not be so difficult to create a replacement. In fact, this one only slightly newer (by a few decades) was damaged in a fire and then later repaired a century later: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maillardet%27s_automaton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maillardet%27s_automaton