“The Writer” is a clockwork automaton created in the 1770s by the Swiss-born famous watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz. The mechanism, designed to write words and sentences of up to 40 characters, still ...

Robots are increasingly becoming a part of modern life, but their roots go surprisingly far back. Most early automatons were created as entertainment for wealthy owners and their mechanisms frequently ...

David McGuire is a TV and Movie freelance writer for Collider based in Los Angeles. He is a screenwriter and, most recently, assisted in the development of a kids Netflix series. Give him a wave on ...