Karakuri

Craftsman Hideki Higashino keeps alive the Edo-period art of karakuri, mechanical automata powered by pulleys and weights that foreshadowed Japan's modern robots.

Watch centuries-old wooden robots come to life in the hands of one of their last makers.

Japan has always been on the forefront of cutting edge robotics. Its roots can be traced back 200-300 years during the Edo period when skilled craftsmen created automata (self-operating machines). Using nothing more than

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