I’ve got all this great baseball stuff stuck up in my brain, yet the post I’ve been the most excited to write is about this 80-year-old Japanese robot named Gakutensoku.
Gakutensoku was built in 1928 by biologist Makoto Nishimura, and first exhibited in Kyoto as part of the formal celebration of the ascension of Showa Emperor — otherwise known as Hirohito — to the throne. According to Pink Tentacle the robot “traveled to a number of expos and wowed onlookers with its mad calligraphy skills before going missing in Germany.”
Here’s some video:
I’m curious in what way the robot went missing in Germany. After a long disappearance, Gakutensoku was located and later returned to Osaka. It will star as the main attraction at the Osaka Science Museum beginning July 18.
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