Robots can do many jobs that people do, especially boring jobs in factories. In the future, they will certainly be able to do more. (38) . Nearly 250 years ago, in the 1770s, an inventor called Wolfgang von Kempelen presented his newest invention. It was a robot chess player that looked like and could move like a real person. People called it 'the Turk' because it wore long clothes and a cap on its head, as people did in Turkey.
The machine sat behind a big wooden desk that was closed on all sides like a box. On top of it there was a chessboard. (39) This included Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin - the scientist who was famous for his experiments with electricity.
When the Turk arrived in the USA in 1826, many people went to see it. (40) 'hey wondered how it was possible for a machine to play chess. They were also interested in the Turk because machines were starting to do work in factories.
However, there were people who thought it was a trick. (41) They were right and they finally discovered the secret. (42) ... itting inside, he had a way to control the arms of the Turk and move the pieces on the board.
How did the Turk win so often? Its owner paid chess champions to work the machine!

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