Inventor Shunichi Mizuno, now president of Cybot Corporation in Japan, at work on his robot. Image source: Robots, machines in man's image, Isaac Asimov, Karen A. Frenkel – 1985. Photo by Mark Wexler. Caption: Instead of diamonds, up to 20,000 electronic components are this girl's best friends. Low-[pressure] pneumatic valves controlled by a microcomputer give …
Telepathic Robot – The Scientific Miracle photographed by Humphrey Spender – September 1937. The Scientific Miracle Robot Copyright Bolton Council Image ref. 1993.83.24.35 Print ref. 1993.2.135 Description: The Mass Observers recorded overheard conversations about how this miraculous talking robot worked, and whether it was all a scam. Source: here. Worktowners at Blackpool: Mass-Observation and …
Two girls inspecting the robot today. c1935. Mr. ENRICO GARCIA showing the "works" of the new ROBOT, which answers questions without codes. A ROBOT WITH BRAINS OF ITS OWN. 14 Years to perfect new invention. The "mental telepathy" ROBOT, on which Mr. ENRICO GARCIA has spent pounds700 and 14 years untiring effort to perfect, was …
“The Psychophonic Nurse”, by David H. Keller. Published in Amazing Stories, 1928 Illustration by Frank R. Paul. The Psychophonic Nurse A child-care robot – a nanny bot. “I had her made by the Eastinghouse Electric Company. You see, she’s just a machine nurse, but as she doesn’t eat anything, is on duty twenty-four hours a …
I first saw this mentioned in David M. Earle's interesting book titled "Re-Covering Modernism: Pulps, Paperbacks, and the Prejudice of Form", but John Ptak's recent post reminded me of it. I have used his image of the prototype walking machine. The model of King Grey, the Electric Titan. Although called "Electric", the motive power is …