This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win
Cars That Think
JUNE 29, 2023
Torres Quevedo invented his electromechanical device in 1912 and publicly debuted it at the University of Paris two years later. Why isn’t Leonardo Torres Quevedo known outside Spain? It featured a vertical chessboard with pegs for the chess pieces; a mechanical arm moved the pegs. It is still in operation today.
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