Al Masry Al-Youm newspaper on September 21 cited newly published research by scientists from the Metropolitan Museum of Art of America, which said that these robots operate based on the use of self-operated machines and Motion control thanks to a simple mechanical system.
Before that, wooden statues from ancient Egypt were displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art for many years without anyone noticing, until experts in Egyptology took X-rays and accidentally discovered them. mechanical systems inside the statues.
This system works on an axis like a pulley. It is attached to the shoulders of an Egyptian woman statue and is rotated by a control system that uses a string that runs down the left leg and hidden inside the statue’s body. When the operator pulls the rope underneath the statue’s feet, it creates repetitive mechanical movements that raise or lower the statue’s arms.
Scientists from the Metropolitan Museum have named the statue created to simulate human actions “Hathor”, adding that it was built more than 3,000 years ago to mimic the symbolism of The ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor represented joy, music, love, femininity and motherhood.
According to Metropolitan Museum scientists, the oldest mechanical models discovered date from the Middle Kingdom period in ancient Egyptian history about 4,000 years ago. It is a system of three dwarf dancers placed on the same pole, operated by a system of rollers and strings woven together to perform dance movements.
Egyptian documents dating from 1,100 BC also detail the self-moving statues made using the mechanical technology of ancient Egypt.
