"the 7'8" tall automaton would start his performance by touching a mace to his head before he proceeded to write out Chinese characters... "touring Germany whe

"the 7'8" tall automaton would start his performance by touching a mace to his head before he proceeded to write out Chinese characters... "touring Germany when he was somehow lost... "In 2008, the Osaka Science Museum produced a new Gakutensoku. At 10'6", the new golden-skinned automata... https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gakutensoku https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gakutensoku --- More on Nishimura & motives: https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-short-strange-life-of-the-first-friendly-robot https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-short-strange-life-of-the-firs...