Asian robot doll

I just found this amazing old robot dolls from Japan in the net. Have a look!

Can you imagine that the doll moves if you put a tea cup on it and it will stop, when the tea cup is removed? Come by to this informative page. They claim, that these Karakuri dolls are made from 1603, the first automats ever in Japan and introduced in Japans first engineering book. By the way... they are rebuild now. You can buy the ready made or as a DIY-Kit.