According to Figes (1996), Gastev "As the head of the Central Institute of Labor, established in 1920, he carried out experiments to train the workers so that they would end up acting like machines. Hundreds of identically dressed trainees would be marched in columns to their benches, and orders would be given out by buzzes from machines. The workers were trained to hammer correctly by holding a hammer attached to and moved by a hammering machine so that after half an hour they had internalized its mechanical rhythm.
According to Figes (1996), Gastev, head of the Central Institute of Labor established in 1920, conducted experiments to train workers into acting like machines. Hundreds of trainees were marched in columns to their benches and orders were given out by buzzing machines. Workers were trained to hammer correctly by holding a hammer attached to and moved by a hammering machine, achieving mechanical rhythm after half an hour.