Back in the 18th century, this automaton called 'The Writer' was built by Jaquet Droz. After more than 200 years, the robot has been reanimated and it's way creepier than any robot made today.

Gaze upon Machine à Ecrire le Temps—so elegant, you say it in French—created by watchmaker Jaquet Droz as an homage to its robot-building 18th-century Swiss founder. Live, though, the $342,000 line-drawer ain't so smooth.