I’m showing off a unique vintage wooden automaton that I recently found. This hand-carved figure has an amusing and surprising moving part that makes it a real conversation starter. Watch as I ...

No glue, no tools, and no microprocessors are required to assemble your own simple robot using The Designing Automata Kit, available in the west thanks to the MAKE Store. See it as a complex ...

Paul Spooner specialises in a field known as 'mechanical automata'. He makes elaborate constructions from various materials - with a strong preference for wood - as much for the joy of making them, as ...