MB&F may not be giving us two turtledoves for Christmas this year, but the Swiss watchmaker has unveiled a limited-edition turtle automaton that hides a singing mechanical bird. Once again, the ...

David Roentgen was the 18th century’s most celebrated cabinetmaker, famous for adding mechanical fittings and secret drawers to his ornate furniture. In 1784, he surprised his patron, France’s King ...

This startup has developed an AI copilot for mechanical engineers. At the heart of the innovation is a Large Mechanical Model ...

What does an antiquarian horologist do? It's a cross-disciplinary trade. I mostly work with antique clock or watch based objects that perform specific functions. Anything from making a facsimile of a ...

The art of building purely mechanical automatons has dramatically declined with the arrival of electronics over the past century, but there are still a few craftsmen who keep the art form alive.

THE idea of a ‘mechanical man’ has receded into the background since the advent of the mechanical age. When practically all our necessities are pro- vided by automatic or semi-automatic machines, ...

The Who’s lead singer Roger Daltrey and his wife Heather are auctioning a selection of rare mechanical devices called automata in Edinburgh, Scotland. Automata are models of people or animals from ...