This is a automaton made of paper(looks like metal to me) .BELA the Bat flaps its wings in a realistic way. The bat is life-sized, with a wingspan of over sixteen inches. The design cleverly incorporates a crumbling headstone and rotting trees into the base.

This is a automaton that is shaped after a dragon. It is probably one of the first few automatons made in the world and it is made of a kind of metal.This piece is by artist Jason Lane entitled Dragon With Flapping Wings.He has created a series of mechanical sculptures ranging from hand-propelled works to a large scale human hamster wheel which generates electricity and plays old fairground organ music. Pretty cool.

Today you will be awed by this invention. It looks old though, and i do not know whether it works, but imagine: a motor-powered horse that is able to carry your weight!!!! It is one of the wacky inventions from France. Sure looks interesting right?

This is roughly what i plan to do with my mechanical toy. As you see it is made up of two cams but modifications will be made soon though.

These are the cams you can use in a mechaanical toy.The first is a conventional circle wood with a follower and make a toy go down-up or turn 360degrees upwards.The next one is a pear shaped cam which works basically the same as the coventional cam except that it only moves up and down but the motion is smoother than the conventional one. The third is a triangular cam which works the same as the pear-shaped one.