In 1495 Leonardo da Vinci designed an armored humanoid machine?
In 1945, at the court of Milan Leonardo displayed the armored humanoid machine at a celebration. The machine was operated by an intricate design of pulleys and cables. The machine was able to stand, sit and maneuver its arms.
In 1950 the plans for the machine was rediscovered in a series of sketchbooks. The machine has been renamed as Leonardo’s mechanical knight and has been successfully built. Confirming that the designs create a fully functional machine just as Leonardo had planned.
Below is a model of Leonardo's mechanical knight, with the inner pulleys and cables, as displayed in Berlin.
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