Mephisto (automaton)
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Mephisto (automaton)
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Mephisto was the name given to a chess-playing "pseudo-automaton" built in 1876. Unlike The Turk and Ajeeb it had no hidden operator, instead being remotely controlled by electromechanical means. Constructed by Charles Godfrey Gumpel, an Alsatian manufacturer of artificial limbs, it took some 6 or 7 years to build and was first shown in 1878 at Gumpel's home in Leicester Square, London. Mephisto was mainly operated by chess master Isidor Gunsberg.
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Chess-playing "pseudo-automaton" built in 1876
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephisto_(automaton)
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2024-04-17T02:05:20Z
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