Automata

An Automata is an Italian renaissance term for a mechanical device, usually powered by water, windpower or clockwork. The best surving examples are at Schloss Hellbrunn outside Salzburg in Austria.<a href="/history_theory/garden_books/ml_gothein_history_garden_art_design/hellbrunn_garden_salzburg_austria#automata">Example 1: Hellbrunn Garden, Salzburg, Austria</a>