Gizmodo: This 200-Year-Old Mechanical Caterpillar Does Everything But Turn Into a Butterfly

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This 200-Year-Old Mechanical Caterpillar Does Everything But Turn Into a Butterfly Dec 26th 2012, 02:00 Robots are so commonplace now that we use them to entertain kids at amusement parks. But even though modern technology has given us artificial lifeforms that can walk, talk, and even fly, there's still something utterly fascinating about pre-electronic mechanical automatons like this Vers de Soie caterpillar dating back to 1820. More »

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