Ancient mechanical robots or automatons are simply awesome. Their creators are real geniuses. Some of them are even programmable. Even with our current ultra-fine motors and actuators, it won't be so easy to repeat that feat by one man, not to mention aesthetics.
I'm surprised this guy isn't talked about more. And this is a corporate movie from the company itself apparently! What an informative, intelligent, frank and delightful film, Thanks Jaquet Droz! A+
(11:05) WHAAA? I discovered these automatons yesterday [the writer] and I was really impressed by 240 year old technology, so I went searching for more. What I found instead, was a guy boinkin' a chick inside a pocket watch (an exquisite masterpiece) and manufactured exclusively for the wealthiest of all royalty. My first thought was, "The world hasn't changed much since then, the only change would be the global focus on gonads has become considerably more obsessive"... HA!
Not only would these inventions be impressive in today’s standards….. but to accomplish this in the 1700’s is difficult to imagine. Truly amazing craftsmanship and engineering. Incredible 👏🏻
I don't know how I end up on automaton videos a couple days ago but I am totally captivated fascinated and in all of the beauty and Engineering of these I wish they were all in a museum so I could see them all at once
4:28 the controlled pressure in the drawing of the dog is more miraculous and natural than the unconvincing harshness of the organ The dog drawing would have smashed my mind watching it then it does every day and right now #TheVanGoghEffect
Right! I was having a real moment, being so floored by the delicate fingers of the lady playing the instrument, the little boy drawing a picture. The absolute wonder of the human mind and spirit! Then the porn clock lol
The hand movements of the writer and the artist are so incredibly natural, but it all blows my mind! I can stare at engine turning all day, hypnotized.
The patience, artistic vision, ingenuity and insane mechanical engineering skills of Droz is incomprehensible. And all of this done in severe miniature. Pure genius!
Imagine how far mechanical technologies would've gone if electricity was never discovered. Computers made of gears, belts, and pulleys. Imagine landing on the moon using clockwork. Imagine an intelligence as smart as a human built from clockwork.
Arguably the pinnacle of cultural endeavour thus far in human history. The application of such refined skill to what begins as mere embellishment, just because. Science meeting art. And proof that both need equal funding for a civilisation to make progress. Such beauty as to make one cry.
I’m completely blown away by these masterpieces! Incredible works in details and forms. So happy that these mechanisms remain safe and beautiful and future generations will see the legacy of old masters. Thanks for the film! ❤
Little did I know about automata world. But I made a mechanical heart and ecg writing machine when I was in grade 12 for my project. My own design, years later, it is still displayed in school biology lab
My head still hurts from all the sumptuousness. I am amazed when I see this kind of thing. I always think of the past as 24/7 days of hard labor to exist. Catching, killing, processing, eating, and doing it all over again every day.. boggles the mind. In the modern era, supposedly that's all done for us now so we should theoretically have more leisure time. It should be *our* generation creating masterful works of art. What we have instead is people working 2 and 3 jobs and exhausting themselves in the daily grind. No time for a home cooked meal, reading, enjoying a family gathering, learning a new instrument, painting, working on a hobby. When's the last time you made something with your hands?? Didn't necessarily intend to get political, but believers in Milton Friedman style economics is what got us to this point. Otherwise known as trickle down or voodoo economics. It's killing us. And it's past time for change. In a word: VOTE.
vote won't change it.. These days, being an artist is considered undesirable. They don't want us to CREATE, even though that is what we were designed to do
The only reason this type of art was ever possible is because the billionaires had enough money to try and one up each other funding these. Producing artwork like this is what it took to be middle class. Most of the population was lucky to eat twice a day.
In the olden days artists had wealthy patrons who paid the artists to create amazing works of Art. That way the artists didn't have to worry about supporting their families or acquiring the materials and tools they needed for their work.
So, more people can have basic needs covered. Progress puts the base of the pyramid. You cant beat that. Social justice didnt exist before, Nor as a dream or a posibility.
1700s: robots will do monotonous work for us in the future. 2020: robots will do monotonous work for us in the future. 2200: ... Robots will do monotonous work for us in the future.
place smd in circuits, make cars, your pc... automation on the industry, medicaments, food chain, take all the work from humans... and yet not a humanoid robot any way...
Clorox Bleach I believe you have it backwards. There is MORE automation than people realize. If you really want to, you can buy automated vacuum cleaners and lawn mowers. Mail is sorted, chain is manufactured, cars and microcircuits are assembled automatically these days. It wasn’t very long ago that we needed an operator to run an elevator - now, you just tell it where you want to go and it automatically closes the door, takes you up or down, and then opens the door again. One man used to have to work very hard to manage a 40 acre farm. Modern machinery automates so much of that labor now that that the average farm in the us is 15 times larger and produces 100 times as much product. Laboratories have automated systems which precisely measure, mix, and dispense chemicals over and over again, thousands of times a day. Airplanes are now routinely flown by autopilot. The list where it is already happening just goes on and on. And more is already in the works. I expect to see the day when long haul truck driving is done entirely by machine. Amazon and FedEx already have automated warehouse-to-door deliver systems in development. Self driving cars are just a generation away. Automation is quickly becoming ubiquitous.
have you never seen a car before? Also please realize that all technology is in a way mechanical. The processes in your computer are all physical, there is no magic.. electricity is a physical thing.
Woow no había visto estos autómatas simplemente increíble difícilmente hoy podríamos reproducir algo así y menos una persona sola y sin las máquinas de hoy sobre todo un torno y fresa y el acabado es grandioso.
Bellísmo video del increible arte de los automatones. Jaquet Droz, produjo hace 300 años estas obras del ingenio, tecnología y arte, Ancestros de las computadoras,.hoy se han resucitado estas creaciones que en ese entonces ya eran programables. Véanlo. por favor, si quieren maravillarse.
(11:05) WHAAA? I discovered these automatons yesterday [the writer] and I was really impressed by 240 year old technology, so I went searching for more. What I found instead, was a guy boinkin' a chick inside a pocket watch (an exquisite masterpiece) and manufactured exclusively for the wealthiest of all royalty. My first thought was, "The world hasn't changed much since then, the only change would be the global focus on gonads has become considerably more obsessive"... HA!
moder man ist clever and smart, but we are only so clever and smart cause we can build on the knowlege of ouer ancestors. thats what diferenciates us humans from other "clever" animals. No other species is capeable of passing on knowlege in the capacity humans are able to do.
Have you ever seen a car factory? Or any factory for that matter. Yes this was amazing but he had a reason for making these. That reason doesnt exist now...(The royal courts of Europe are gone) and we do have even better more complex mechanisms now....Better watches... better everything..
What an amazing and very impressive man that created this it is truly just outstanding and hard to believe at the same time I need to visually see this thing ..
Love JD video, in particular the music is always in synergy with the movie and personally I find the music very moving sending chills across my skin. Compliments
Amazing designer The large seconds arm The smaller hour in a circle closed in glass. Timeless excuse the pun. A timeless futuristic industrial design When time becomes money 💰
They did it with education, mastery of maths, advanced mechanical engineering, well made and very accurate hand tools, simple drafting tools like compasses, protractors and dividers and above all- artistic mastery. The era was FAR more advanced in engineering, Natural Philosophy (later called "science") than the media portrays. Please read about Gottfried Leibniz, Denis Papan, Rudolph Clausius, Nicola Leonard Sadi Carnot and James Clerk Maxwell just for starters.
Insanely beautiful l would fly to another country just to see them all if l had the money. So thank you very much indeed for showing it, 1.47 song birds ,the androids unbelievable the entire collection ⌚⌚⌚⌚⌚⌚⌚seven watch star's from me ,this is historical brilliance. 👏👏👏🖒the magnificence of the creativity of so long ago .😏 l need a drink of water to cool down the best in the world 🌎🌍🌏
The young girl at the spinet? is like a Vermeer painting come to life! Most of us have seen those rather creepy fortune tellers at a carnival but these objects especially the miniatures are the stuff of dreams! Namaste
I am amazed at the hight of selfish indulgence the rich and powerful ascended to fulfill their every wish and whim while the less educated, less wealthy and less worthy subjects suffered unnecessarily. They worshiped their wealth and power while their subjects were left uneducated, hungry and in tortured ignorance. Look at the sunset an give glory to GOD'S glorious creation for true inspiration. All of this will rust, wilt and crumble. Amen
Really interesting video, but I must admit that it was a bit distracting to have backgrounds with so much going on all the time, especially when smaller objects were featured. It was hard sometimes to see where these delicate and intricate devices ended and the backgrounds began.
I once made a pencil-holder with Popsicle sticks
maha77 lol
Brilliant.
😂
You deserve an award for that.
I read story one time about a guy that made a pencil-holder with Popsicle sticks.........wow we are a bunch wimps aren't we..
Ancient mechanical robots or automatons are simply awesome. Their creators are real geniuses. Some of them are even programmable.
Even with our current ultra-fine motors and actuators, it won't be so easy to repeat that feat by one man, not to mention aesthetics.
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I'm not sure what I'm more blown away by; the ingenious mechanism, or the sheer beauty of the pieces,..unbelievable!
I'm surprised this guy isn't talked about more. And this is a corporate movie from the company itself apparently! What an informative, intelligent, frank and delightful film, Thanks Jaquet Droz! A+
That bird automaton was insane.
(11:05) WHAAA?
I discovered these automatons yesterday [the writer] and I was really impressed by 240 year old technology, so I went searching for more.
What I found instead, was a guy boinkin' a chick inside a pocket watch (an exquisite masterpiece) and manufactured exclusively for the wealthiest of all royalty.
My first thought was, "The world hasn't changed much since then, the only change would be the global focus on gonads has become considerably more obsessive"...
HA!
Easily the most elaborate ad I have ever watched.
Not only would these inventions be impressive in today’s standards….. but to accomplish this in the 1700’s is difficult to imagine. Truly amazing craftsmanship and engineering. Incredible 👏🏻
Everything we've been told about our past world is a lie..
I’m literally in awe of the extremely well detailed mechanism.
I don't know how I end up on automaton videos a couple days ago but I am totally captivated fascinated and in all of the beauty and Engineering of these I wish they were all in a museum so I could see them all at once
4:28 the controlled pressure in the drawing of the dog is more miraculous and natural than the unconvincing harshness of the organ The dog drawing would have smashed my mind watching it then it does every day and right now #TheVanGoghEffect
11:05 that REALLY caught me off-guard
WOAH BUDDY
Yup
Brass b grindin'
@@JosephM aight
Right! I was having a real moment, being so floored by the delicate fingers of the lady playing the instrument, the little boy drawing a picture. The absolute wonder of the human mind and spirit!
Then the porn clock lol
The hand movements of the writer and the artist are so incredibly natural, but it all blows my mind!
I can stare at engine turning all day, hypnotized.
5:53 Even I can't draw that picture with my own hands. awesome.
He made the shadowing...
she can beat drawing robots
Yeah, its like an ancient printer.
MIND BLOWING!!! The geniuses of our ancestors are of first order, their creations are just unimaginable.
not to mention lost civilisations from hundreds of thousands of years ago.. obviously I'm not an heir.. can spell civilisations.
The second half of the eighteenth century seems to have been an explosion of culture and thought.
@@brendareed8412 Ever wondered why that would be???????
@@jasonantigua6825 why.. could you please enlighten me?
There is a hidden history we are not taught. I would love to see a world with this kind of beauty again.
The patience, artistic vision, ingenuity and insane mechanical engineering skills of Droz is incomprehensible. And all of this done in severe miniature. Pure genius!
Art, Beauty, Inginuity, Captivating, Breath taking, Marvelous beyond words!
Objects from heaven, i don't think a man from these years can create this Masterpieces
I once made a little book shelf by gluing a small board to a longer board and painted it.
Imagine how far mechanical technologies would've gone if electricity was never discovered. Computers made of gears, belts, and pulleys. Imagine landing on the moon using clockwork. Imagine an intelligence as smart as a human built from clockwork.
Bilbo_Gamers not possible
@@NuclearRoll How so, professor?
You are on UA-cam... wich is on the web wich is well.. technology. Go make a clock that can message me i am wrong in clock language
A Steam punk world
Not possible, even though i like to daydream of it
Arguably the pinnacle of cultural endeavour thus far in human history. The application of such refined skill to what begins as mere embellishment, just because. Science meeting art. And proof that both need equal funding for a civilisation to make progress.
Such beauty as to make one cry.
Are you kidding me, these are so wonderful, marvelous! genius!
I’m completely blown away by these masterpieces! Incredible works in details and forms.
So happy that these mechanisms remain safe and beautiful and future generations will see the legacy of old masters. Thanks for the film! ❤
Little did I know about automata world. But I made a mechanical heart and ecg writing machine when I was in grade 12 for my project.
My own design, years later, it is still displayed in school biology lab
This has been one of the most incredible videos I've ever seen. EVER!!
My head still hurts from all the sumptuousness.
I am amazed when I see this kind of thing. I always think of the past as 24/7 days of hard labor to exist. Catching, killing, processing, eating, and doing it all over again every day.. boggles the mind.
In the modern era, supposedly that's all done for us now so we should theoretically have more leisure time. It should be *our* generation creating masterful works of art.
What we have instead is people working 2 and 3 jobs and exhausting themselves in the daily grind. No time for a home cooked meal, reading, enjoying a family gathering, learning a new instrument, painting, working on a hobby. When's the last time you made something with your hands??
Didn't necessarily intend to get political, but believers in Milton Friedman style economics is what got us to this point. Otherwise known as trickle down or voodoo economics.
It's killing us. And it's past time for change.
In a word: VOTE.
vote won't change it.. These days, being an artist is considered undesirable. They don't want us to CREATE, even though that is what we were designed to do
@@recoveringsoul755 Those are two different things. You can create art AND vote.
No excuses.
The only reason this type of art was ever possible is because the billionaires had enough money to try and one up each other funding these. Producing artwork like this is what it took to be middle class. Most of the population was lucky to eat twice a day.
In the olden days artists had wealthy patrons who paid the artists to create amazing works of Art. That way the artists didn't have to worry about supporting their families or acquiring the materials and tools they needed for their work.
So, more people can have basic needs covered. Progress puts the base of the pyramid. You cant beat that. Social justice didnt exist before, Nor as a dream or a posibility.
Learned about the 3 automatons in grade school. Found this video COMPLETELY by chance. I remembered the part about the dog mistake. 😁
The image of beauty is the precise saying for this craftsmanship highly adorned with ornament. Interesting variations of iconography!
Glad to know that there're still around.
1700s: robots will do monotonous work for us in the future.
2020: robots will do monotonous work for us in the future.
2200: ...
Robots will do monotonous work for us in the future.
place smd in circuits, make cars, your pc... automation on the industry, medicaments, food chain, take all the work from humans... and yet not a humanoid robot any way...
@@medicinaytalojacs658 There isn't even that much automation. A lot, but not as much as people imagine. Most machines are manual power tools.
Clorox Bleach I believe you have it backwards. There is MORE automation than people realize. If you really want to, you can buy automated vacuum cleaners and lawn mowers.
Mail is sorted, chain is manufactured, cars and microcircuits are assembled automatically these days. It wasn’t very long ago that we needed an operator to run an elevator - now, you just tell it where you want to go and it automatically closes the door, takes you up or down, and then opens the door again. One man used to have to work very hard to manage a 40 acre farm. Modern machinery automates so much of that labor now that that the average farm in the us is 15 times larger and produces 100 times as much product. Laboratories have automated systems which precisely measure, mix, and dispense chemicals over and over again, thousands of times a day. Airplanes are now routinely flown by autopilot. The list where it is already happening just goes on and on.
And more is already in the works. I expect to see the day when long haul truck driving is done entirely by machine. Amazon and FedEx already have automated warehouse-to-door deliver systems in development. Self driving cars are just a generation away. Automation is quickly becoming ubiquitous.
imagine if electricity was never discovered just imagine how far mechanical technology could have gone
Agree
+bevan rogan white Extremely FAR!!
have you never seen a car before? Also please realize that all technology is in a way mechanical. The processes in your computer are all physical, there is no magic.. electricity is a physical thing.
@@DesertSessions93 This. So much this...
his legacy transcends time, thx for sharing this video
No hay palabras para agregar a estos super genios inmortales
Woow no había visto estos autómatas simplemente increíble difícilmente hoy podríamos reproducir algo así y menos una persona sola y sin las máquinas de hoy sobre todo un torno y fresa y el acabado es grandioso.
Phew mind blowing
The perfection was so mind blowing.
Amazing 👏
Thanks I learnt from you.
I'm so amazed with everyone built. Amazing and mind blowing!
Pasarán miles de años esto es algo impresionante por siempre
Really brilliant mind.. Unbelievable models without any motor or speakers
Beautiful and truly astonishing.
So awe inspiring. Thanks for bringing this amazing video to us!
Absolutely remarkable what he was capable of! He was really a genious
,
Bellísmo video del increible arte de los automatones. Jaquet Droz, produjo hace 300 años estas obras del ingenio, tecnología y arte, Ancestros de las computadoras,.hoy se han resucitado estas creaciones que en ese entonces ya eran programables. Véanlo. por favor, si quieren maravillarse.
Was not expecting erotic watches... :o
(11:05) WHAAA?
I discovered these automatons yesterday [the writer] and I was really impressed by 240 year old technology, so I went searching for more.
What I found instead, was a guy boinkin' a chick inside a pocket watch (an exquisite masterpiece) and manufactured exclusively for the wealthiest of all royalty.
My first thought was, "The world hasn't changed much since then, the only change would be the global focus on gonads has become considerably more obsessive"...
HA!
Absolutely amazing. Genius in mechanization alone.
Modern man thinks he is so clever and smart; well, I for one, am humbled by Mr Droz.
moder man ist clever and smart, but we are only so clever and smart cause we can build on the knowlege of ouer ancestors. thats what diferenciates us humans from other "clever" animals. No other species is capeable of passing on knowlege in the capacity humans are able to do.
Have you ever seen a car factory? Or any factory for that matter. Yes this was amazing but he had a reason for making these. That reason doesnt exist now...(The royal courts of Europe are gone) and we do have even better more complex mechanisms now....Better watches... better everything..
@@LusciousTwinkle I disagree.
@@g00st62 no,because the other creatures do waste any food or destroy their
What an amazing and very impressive man that created this it is truly just outstanding and hard to believe at the same time I need to visually see this thing ..
My highest respect: this is unbelievable.
ACEȘTI CREATORI DE LUCRURI MECANICE SAU NASCUT PREA DEVREME !
11:05 First animated Pornography I know of.
Fantastic!!
Love JD video, in particular the music is always in synergy with the movie and personally I find the music very moving sending chills across my skin. Compliments
Genius, artistic... Fascinating.
JD é fantásttico !
Este vídeo é uma obra prima também.
It's absolutely gorgeous.
Îmi plac foarte mult si-m doresc cît mai multe relatări de genul acesta!
Eu atît am avut de comentat
Amazing designer
The large seconds arm
The smaller hour in a circle closed in glass.
Timeless excuse the pun.
A timeless futuristic industrial design
When time becomes money 💰
After watching this video it inspires me to start wearing watches again!
Miracles in motion🌞
Just a mind blow of creativity
Unsurpassed to this day. Considering the state of technology in the 18th century, no one can compare! A genius of precision.
And all of those were handmade yet all geometric aspects are perfect... Perfect straight lines, symmetry and circles. How?!?!
They did it with education, mastery of maths, advanced mechanical engineering, well made and very accurate hand tools, simple drafting tools like compasses, protractors and dividers and above all- artistic mastery. The era was FAR more advanced in engineering, Natural Philosophy (later called "science") than the media portrays. Please read about Gottfried Leibniz, Denis Papan, Rudolph Clausius, Nicola Leonard Sadi Carnot and James Clerk Maxwell just for starters.
Where is part 2 guys? I am so amazed by what I'm seeing here... No, "amazed" really doesn't describe accurately how I feel. My mind is blown!
Imagine all of our accomplishments over the centuries ..And we are not done yet..
A Man ahead of his time!!!!
so beautiful and fascinating.
Wow. Just wow.
Insanely beautiful l would fly to another country just to see them all if l had the money. So thank you very much indeed for showing it, 1.47 song birds ,the androids unbelievable the entire collection ⌚⌚⌚⌚⌚⌚⌚seven watch star's from me ,this is historical brilliance. 👏👏👏🖒the magnificence of the creativity of so long ago .😏 l need a drink of water to cool down the best in the world 🌎🌍🌏
Wonderfully AMAZING !
Absolutely beautiful clocks
The young girl at the spinet? is like a Vermeer painting come to life! Most of us have seen those rather creepy fortune tellers at a carnival but these objects especially the miniatures are the stuff of dreams! Namaste
Should've come a long way after these automatons , but they still beat us with art and sophistication
Thats crazy, I love this
They’re so well kept. How is that? I would have thought all the brass and metals oxidized over the decades.
These are gold. Gold doesn't tarnish.
@@rexwall2000 pure gold? Or plated?
A testament to the dedication of their keepers.
When you came for the automatons...then realize you got sucked into a watch commercial
Unbelievable art.
I remember when I was a child in Philadelphia there was a Christmas show solely about automated antiques. I believe it was the Hess toy show
The man was a genius
EXCELLENT.
SACRE BLEW!!!
Fascinating!
Rule #1: always make a second copy of everything so that you have a complete collection in case any product is lost, stolen, or destroyed.
Back then? Never happened.
Nice
Una de las marcas más importantes y famosas del mundo.
lovely
robots can be cute too
Too much impressive
With all the technical things we have today nothing can match what is being shown
Idk we can render whole worlds and things on the computer.... I think that is pretty amazing that we can do that
@@CurtisD01 but the creativity is in the mechanics , being random not knowing what it's next move will be.
Very Good Video. The man, was an absolute Genius !
Yeah but where's the rest of it? In the middle you can notice they cut out a bunch of stuff.
When i was in Salzburg Austria i visited a manor of a former lord. Automatons ran on water. I forget the name of the current museum, it was amazing
Subtitles Please!!! it's impressive!!!
I am amazed at the hight of selfish indulgence the rich and powerful ascended to fulfill their every wish and whim while the less educated, less wealthy and less worthy subjects suffered unnecessarily.
They worshiped their wealth and power while their subjects were left uneducated, hungry and in tortured ignorance.
Look at the sunset an give glory to GOD'S glorious creation for true inspiration. All of this will rust, wilt and crumble. Amen
Is there a continuation to this ‘advertisement’ of the Jaquet Droz timepieces? It suddenly came to an incomplete and screeching end!
Pure Genius!
It is Prague Astronomical Clock. It is really famous in Central Europe.
Just look on wikipedia!
Have you ever been in the Czech Republic?
The God-given creative genius of the European people.
Excellent! The first automatic printer!
Does anyone know what the beautiful melody in the background is, from 2:34 on wards? Thanks!
It is "Air" by Johann Sebastian Bach, if I'm not mistaken.
Thank you so much!
It's air yet a more popular arrangement.
super talented old ones.
OMG...wowwwww...300 years ago tecnology
quite surprising someone talking about automaton without uttering a single word about hans voralberg ^^
Really interesting video, but I must admit that it was a bit distracting to have backgrounds with so much going on all the time, especially when smaller objects were featured. It was hard sometimes to see where these delicate and intricate devices ended and the backgrounds began.
I really wanna know the song in the second part of the film, it's quite funky and basically...I need to hear it without the voice over