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First-Ever Film Depicting a Robot Discovered in Old Storage Chest

First-Ever Film Depicting a Robot Discovered in Old Storage Chest

A vintage black-and-white image shows a mechanical man in white costume standing in a box labeled "Pierrot Automate," surrounded by gears and strange machinery, while another person moves energetically beside the box.

A long-lost 19th-century film featuring what is believed to be the first on-screen robot has been restored after being discovered in an old trunk in Michigan.

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