This is The Turk a mechanical chess-playing robot from the 1700s that was basically unbeatable.
It made its own moves, called checkmate, and even laughed in its opponent's face.
For almost 90 years it toured the world facing some of the best chess players and historical figures and beating them all.
Hundreds of articles were written trying to expose its secrets but no one ever figured out how it worked or if it was actually real or not.
Amazingly, the real secret behind this mysterious machine remained unknown for almost 90 years and was almost lost completely when The Turk eventually parished in a fire.
We modeled the entire thing to show you how this incredible machine worked and how it managed to trick the entire world for almost a century.
The story begins in Vienna in 1769 where a special event was being held by the Empress of Austria.
At the event the audience were being treated to a show by a famous French magician who performed illusions using magnets.
While the audience was blown away, one man was less than impressed.
Hungarian inventor Wolf Gang Von Kempelen He worked for the Empress and promised that he would come back next year with a much more impressive creation of his own.
