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Here is something you may find interesting, I sure did.
Remote Mouse
— Scriptable Remote Mouse for ARC: control PC cursor and ARC window via ControlCommand, using voice, camera or I/O inputs; shows cursor coordinates.
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The Sultan's elephant. These guys released this in London, England a bunch of years ago. There are a bunch of other amazing things these guys make in their workshop/tourist attraction in Nantes. Everything they make is like mechanical puppets (direct human control i.e. - ropes, hydraulics etc.)