Editing Humanoid robot (section)

=== Japan ===
From the 17th to 19th centuries, the Japanese built humanoid automata called [[Karakuri puppet|''karakuri'' puppets]]. These puppets resembled dolls and were used for entertainment in theatre, homes, and religious festivals.<ref name=":12">{{Cite book|last=Law|first=Jane Marie|title=Puppets of nostalgia : the life, death, and rebirth of the Japanese Awaji ningyō tradition|date=1997|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0-691-02894-X|location=Princeton, N.J.|oclc=35223048}}</ref> ''Karakuri'' puppets that were used for theater plays were called ''butai karakuri''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Brown|first=Steven T. |title=Tokyo cyberpunk : posthumanism in Japanese visual culture|date=2010|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-10360-3 |location=New York|oclc=468854451}}</ref> Small ''karakuri puppets'' found in homes, called ''zashiki kurakuri'', were placed on tables to dance, beat drums, or serve drinks.<ref name=":1" /> The puppets used in religious festivals were known as ''Dashi karakuri'', and they served to reenact myths and legends.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Limits of the human|date=2008|publisher=University of Minnesota Press|author=Frenchy Lunning|isbn=978-0-8166-6968-4|location=Minneapolis|oclc=320843109}}</ref>