Bouchon and Falcon's punched card loom appeared in 1775, later improved on by Jacques DE Vaucanson.

1775年，布香(Bouchon)和福尔肯(Falcon)的穿孔卡织布机出现了。后来，雅卡尔•德•沃康桑(Jacques de Vaucanson)改善了这种织布机。

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"Vaucanson was in the market of ideas, "says Bernard Pin, curator of the Sandoz exhibition.

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The origin of modern automata, though, came during the Enlightenment, inaugurated by French mechanician Jacques de Vaucanson in the 1730s.

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For example, French inventor Jacques de Vaucanson developed several different types of music playing robots back in the 18th century.

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