1970 – Pneumatic Drawing and Painting Machines – David Jacobs (American)

Pages 51 – 52 [images above]  February 1970. A "drawing" and later "painting" machine which made the graph-like drawings in which we see both the simple program and the simple resultant "drawing." Later developments added variable voltage and therewith a "how much" on or off possibility. These and other developments made a greater apparent distance …

1970 – Expo ’70 Fujipan Pavillion Robots – Tezuka/Aizawa (Japanese)

A display of robot models showing which robots were included by Tezuka in the Fujipan pavillion. The Symphonitoron.   Robots appearing at an exhibition. Osamu Tezuka with his robots. Dancing robot rotates, and moves its arms. Catalogue entry. Blue photo-taking robot on the left. See the full Jiro Aizawa story here .

1970 – Expo’70 Osaka Demonstration Robot – Arata Isozaki (Japanese)

The Osaka Demonstration Robot by Arata Isozaki consists of a head, body, base and two arms of different lengths. The head contains two control rooms. In the first ambiant data is collected and processed, and then transmitted to the main control room from which the robot receives instructions to respond by emitting smoke, smell, light, and …

1970 – 7ft-tall “Blue” Robot – Jiro Aizawa/Osamu Tezuka (Japanese)

The 7ft tall, blue robot appeared in the Fujipan pavillion at Expo'70, Osaka, Japan.  The robot display for the Fujipan pavillion was designed by Jiro's partner Osamu Tezuka (the creator of Astro Boy) so most likely the robot was, at least, from their Institute of Juvenile Culture. The robot itself is probably an Aizawa robot.   A display of robot …

1970 – Mr. Kuro the Robot – Jiro Aizawa (Japanese)

An Expo'70 [Osaka, Japan) postcard showing Kuro-Kun. Two post-cards (one cut down) showing Kuro-Kun (Mr. Kuro).  The image is covered in a thin prismatic film so that when tilted, the robots internals can be seen. The images below show a very similar robot. Most likely the same robot, but the chest pattern and hands were possibly …