a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
Humaniform automatons, mechanical men, robots covering late 19th century and the 20th century
A photograph of a robot exhibited as part of the 25th anniversary celebrations for Selfridges department store in London, taken by Edward Malindine for the Daily Herald newspaper on 13 March 1934. See other early Humanoid Robots here.
Portsmouth Times 21 Feb 1933 p8 TECHNOCRATIC MAN OF 1940?—This conception of the machine age product by youthful Earl Kent, 21, of Carthage, Miss., "walks, talks, smokes cigarettes and spits fire". Kent, the inventor, is pictured with it in Los Angeles. Betty Davis, young saleswoman who "made a sale" to the robot is telling him …
The 1932 George Robot by Capt. William H.Richards is an improved version of the 1928 Eric Robot. There is also a later 1952 version named Robert Robot with a different head, but I have no record of who owned and operated Robert Robot back then [1]. The 1932 head is more sculptured, rounded than the later, more …
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This Robot has had several guises over the years. From large, round, eyes with lamps in them and large ears with microphones, to a female form with curly hair breasts on the chest plate, and then one with insulators on its head. It also has many names, including The ROBOTER, ALPHA, Astra*, Mary Ann, Eric, …
Here's a cut down version of the first page. The full article is found by the pdf link at the bottom of this article. A clever New York radio engineer, Mr. Paul Von Kunits, has created "Mr. Radio Robot," a remarkable device which is attracting unusual attention and proving a source of profit to …
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