Humanity's fascination with automata predates myths and bleed into history. From Hephaestus’s golden handmaidens, who moved with living grace and voice to assist the limping god at his forge, to the Han-dynasty musical puppets troupes, the urge to animate matter has always mirrored our desire to externalize thought.

Humanity's fascination with automata predates myths and bleed into history. From Hephaestus’s golden handmaidens, who moved with living grace and voice to assist the limping god at his forge, to the Han-dynasty musical puppets troupes, the urge to animate matter has always mirrored our desire to externalize thought.