HISTORY's video: Rebuilding a 1 000-Year-Old Humanoid Robot History Remade with Sabrina

Al-Jazari, one of the greatest inventors during the Golden Age of Islam, developed concepts crucial to devices we still use today. In this episode, Sabrina recreates Al-Jazari's drumming automaton - or drumming robot! Subscribe for more HISTORY: http://histv.co/SubscribeHistoryYT Check out exclusive HISTORY content: History Newsletter - https://histv.co/newsletter Website - https://histv.co/History Facebook - https://histv.co/Facebook Twitter - https://histv.co/Twitter HISTORY® is the leading destination for award-winning original series and specials that connect viewers with history in an informative, immersive, and entertaining manner across all platforms. The network’s all-original programming slate features a roster of hit series, premium documentaries, and scripted event programming. CREDITS Executive Producer Sabrina Cruz Melissa Fernandes Taha Khan Producer Molly Williams Researcher Chloë Binderup Craft Engineer Jade Codinera Writer Sabrina Cruz Host Sabrina Cruz Director Melissa Fernandes B-Cam / DIT River Shepperd Sound Edison Dietrich Production Assistant Gabrielle Augustin Story Editor Stephanie Castillo Editor Chase Madsen Animators Krisztina Varga Olivér Varga Executive Producers Sarah Walker Brian Huffman Executive Creative Director, A+E Networks Tim Nolan VP, Marketing Production, A+E Networks Kate Leonard VP, Brand Creative, History Matt Neary Music Courtesy of Audio Network Additional Footage and Photos Provided By Wikimedia Commons Pexels.com Freepik.com Metmuseum.org Library of Congress Produced by Answer in Progress for HISTORY® ©2021 A&E TELEVISION NETWORKS, LLC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. SOURCES: al-Jazari, I. (1315). Miniature from a manuscript source of Kitab al-j ˆ ami’ bayan al-’ilm wa al-’amal ˆ al-nafi’ f ˆ ˆı sina’at al-hiyal ˆ . Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Inventory Number F1942.10. al-Jazari, I. (1974). The book of ingenious mechanical devices (kitab fi ma’rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya) (D. R. Hill, Trans.). Dordecht, Holland: D. Reidel al-Jazarī I.R. (1974) The water-clock of the drummers. In: The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2573-7_3 Automaton violinist. Mechanics’ Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal and Gazette, XXVIII, 156-157. Retrieved from http://books.google.com Anon. (Samedi 25 Mai, 1846). Brewster, D. (1832). The Edinburgh encyclopedia. Joseph and Edward Parker; William Brown, printer. Caniggia Nicolotti, M., & Poggianti, L. (2015). Chen, Yu-Hsun et al. "A Historical Study And Mechanical Classification Of Ancient Music-Playing Automata". Mechanism And Machine Theory, vol 121, 2018, pp. 273-285. Elsevier BV, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2017.10.015. Hill, Donald R. "Mechanical Engineering In The Medieval Near East". Scientific American, vol 264, no. 5, 1991, pp. 100-105. Springer Science And Business Media LLC, https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0591-100. "History Of Science And Technology In Islam". History-Science-Technology.Com, 2021, http://www.history-science-technology.com/articles/articles%2071.html. Koetsier, Teun. "On The Prehistory Of Programmable Machines: Musical Automata, Looms, Calculators". Mechanism And Machine Theory, vol 36, no. 5, 2001, pp. 589-603. Elsevier BV, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0094-114x(01)00005-2. Krzyzaniak, Michael. "Prehistory Of Musical Robots". Journal Of Human-Robot Interaction, vol 1, no. 1, 2012, pp. 78-95., https://doi.org/DOI 10.5898/JHRI.1.1. Rosenthal, Franz. Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 96, no. 2, American Oriental Society, 1976, pp. 309–10, https://doi.org/10.2307/599851. Schiøler, Thorkild. Isis, vol. 68, no. 1, [The University of Chicago Press, The History of Science Society], 1977, pp. 147–48, http://www.jstor.org/stable/230409. Şen, Zekâi. "Ancient Water Robotics And Abou-L Iz Al-Jazari". Water Supply, vol 13, no. 3, 2013, pp. 699-709. IWA Publishing, https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2013.031. Tylus, Jane. “Editor’s Note.” I Tatti Studies in the Italian Renaissance, vol. 18, no. 1, [The University of Chicago Press, Villa I Tatti, The Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies], 2015, pp. 1–5, https://doi.org/10.1086/680557. Verbit, Gilbert P. The Origins Of The Trust. G.P. Verbit, 2002. Williams, Howard. "Digging Into The Dark Ages". 2021.