Editing Karakuri puppet (section)

== Types ==
There are three main types of {{transliteration|ja|karakuri}}.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Mechademia 3: Limits of the Human|last=Lunning|first=Frenchy|date=2008|publisher=University of Minnesota Press|isbn=9780816654826|location=Minneapolis, MN|pages=231}}</ref> {{nihongo3|stage {{transliteration|ja|karakuri}}|舞台からくり|Butai karakuri}} were life-sized dolls designed for public performances such as [[theatre]]s.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Tokyo Cyberpunk: Posthumanism in Japanese Visual Culture|last=Brown|first=Steven T.|date=2010|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=9780230103597|location=New York|pages=32}}</ref> {{nihongo3|tatami room {{transliteration|ja|karakuri}}|座敷からくり|Zashiki karakuri}} were small and used in homes. Most of them were set on a table and performed a dance or beat drums, but some were designed to serve tea or [[sake]]. These were significantly expensive, and usually owned by a {{transliteration|ja|daimyo}} or other high-status person. {{nihongo3|festival car {{transliteration|ja|karakuri}}|山車からくり|Dashi karakuri}} were large mechanical dolls used in religious festivals,<ref name=":1" /> where the puppets were used to perform reenactments of traditional [[mythology|myth]]s and [[legend]]s.

There were also more inexpensive toys based on traditional {{transliteration|ja|karakuri}}. The [[tin toy]]s that for a period were frequently made in Japan and sold for export were sometimes modeled after {{transliteration|ja|karakuri}}.

Some scholars note that the gestures and movements of the {{transliteration|ja|karakuri}} have influenced [[Noh]], [[kabuki]]<ref name=":0" /> and {{transliteration|ja|[[bunraku]]}} theatre.

==={{transliteration|ja|Zashiki karakuri}}===
The most common example today of a {{transliteration|ja|zashiki karakuri}} mechanism is a tea-serving robot, which starts moving forward when a cup of tea is placed on the plate in its hands. This {{transliteration|ja|karakuri}}, also known as {{transliteration|ja|chahakobi}},<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Bock|first1=Thomas|title=Robotic Industrialization|last2=Linner|first2=Thomas|date=2015|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-07639-6|location=New York|pages=98}}</ref> was used in a situation when a host wanted to treat a guest in a recreational way. It moves in a straight line for a set distance, moving its feet as if walking, and then bows its head. The doll stops when the cup is removed. When it is replaced, the robot raises its head, turns around and returns to where it came from. It is typically powered by a wound spring made of whalebone, and the actions are controlled by a set of cams and levers.