 Realistic humanoid automatons were built by craftsman from every civilization , including Yan Shi , Hero of Alexandria , Al @-@ Jazari and Wolfgang von Kempelen . The oldest known automatons were the sacred statues of ancient Egypt and Greece . The faithful believed that craftsman had imbued these figures with very real minds , capable of wisdom and emotion — Hermes Trismegistus wrote that " by discovering the true nature of the gods , man has been able to reproduce it . " 
 Realistic humanoid automatons <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> built by craftsman from every civilization , including Yan Shi , Hero of Alexandria , Al @-@ Jazari and Wolfgang von Kempelen . The oldest known automatons <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> the sacred statues of ancient Egypt and Greece . The faithful believed that craftsman <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>had</mark></a> imbued these figures with very real minds , capable of wisdom and emotion — Hermes Trismegistus wrote that " by discovering the true nature of the gods , man <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>has</mark></a> been able to reproduce it . " 
Realistic humanoid automatons was built by craftsman from every civilization , including Yan Shi , Hero of Alexandria , Al @-@ Jazari and Wolfgang von Kempelen . The oldest known automatons was the sacred statues of ancient Egypt and Greece . The faithful believed that craftsman done imbued these figures witt very real minds , capable of wisdom and emotion — Hermes Trismegistus wrote dat " by discovering the tru nature of da gods , man have been able to reproduce it . "