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What is it about Robots and Pretty Girls? Are they omnipotent? masculine? the ultimate female partner? I've also observed, maybe in the age of 'political correctness', that we no longer see these types of images. See Part 1 of Robots and Girls (images) here. See Part 2b of Robots and Girls…
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This page will contain a timeline showing Pseudo Automata, Pseudo Robots, Fakes, and Robot Costumes. I've included this page in my overall blog as one comes across mechanical man and robots that are not what they are supposed to be. Rather than reject them all, I've listed them in their own…
MISS HONEYWELL Olympia, London. - Issue Date: 27/06/1968 At the Instruments, Electronics and Automatic Exhibition we see a futuristic 'robot girl' demonstrating various pieces of equipment by computer company Honeywell Controls Ltd. A man takes the headless robot body from a cupboard and puts a circuit disc into her back.…
WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT? NO. 14 Your browser does not support iframes. One of the funniest video clips I've ever seen (1m 42sec into preview). 1630.24 | WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT? NO. 14 (1:47:33:00 - 1:50:25:00) 05/07/1934 French fake Titles read: "Would you believe it? Queer things the World over.…
Source: The Advertiser (South Australia) 11 Oct 1931. Mar 12 1938 The Market Traders Review The Market Traders Review - The Official Organ of The National Market Traders' Federation. Supplement to The World's Fair, Saturday March 12th 1938 17'x12', 12 pages of fascinating countrywide local articles with lots…
The Canberra Times < Saturday 23 July 1932 p5 ROBOT AS SUPER-SALESMAN Robot, the super orator and salesman, who never stutters or forgets, and whose tongue never makes a disastrous slip, is the new mechanical talking man invented by Mr. William Hutter, chief engineer of the wireless company of Fort…
Source: Popular Science Feb, 1931. 'Popjie' being blindfolded prior to "Radiana" driving the car in Rochdale . l The wording attributes "Radiana" to Popjie, however the person in the images below and in video clip below appears to show a different performer. Is it the same person? VIDEO CLIP Gaumont Pathe Archives…
SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1929. "Radio Wizard" to Appear Here Under Auspices of Express-News Operates 4 Cars by Wireless at Once In operating by wireless control four standard, stock model automobiles at the same time, Maurice T. Francill, world-renowned engineer and inventor, performs one of the most…
"Fontinelle", also spelt "Fontenelle", and also known as "Automatic Man".
(no image yet located)l New Zealand Evening Post 3 Dec 1904. Lovers of the mysterious will welcome a new item which has been added to the programme of the London Hippodrome (says an exchange). It is called "Zutka, the Mysterious," and whether "Zutka" is a living person or a dummy…
(Images from Scientific American article Jan 13, 1906) January 13, 1906 edition of Scientific American. A CLEVER MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL AUTOMATON. An interesting, novel, and pseudo-scientific attraction has recently been entertaining London audiences at the Hippodrome variety theater. This is a cleverly-constructed figure which apparently walks and writes automatically. It is…
(Source: LA Herald 21 March 1906) Phroso appeared in Wisconsin in 1905: "'What is it anyway?' This is the question that is being asked by those who attended the performances at the Bijou theater and saw the act 'Phroso, the Mechanical Doll.' Phroso certainly is a puzzle, whether man or automaton.…
The Maitland Mercury 3 Jun 1882 p5 AN AUTOMATON SWINDLE. A strange prosecution for fraud has just been concluded at Vienna, the defendant being the proprietor of an automaton known as "King-Foo." The whole Court, from Kaiser Francis Joseph to the young princesses, has been delighted with King-Foo's marvellous performances,…
What is it about Robots and Pretty Girls? Are they omnipotent? masculine? the ultimate female partner? I've also observed, maybe in the age of 'political correctness', that we no longer see these types of images. See Part 2a of Robots and Girls (Pulp covers) here. See Part 2b of Robots and…
Arfur the Robot Dog back in 1981 having his 15 minutes of fame. Arfur, the tin dog created by Steve Brooks of east London, approaches a lamppost, March 1981. Brooks spent nine months and almost £2,000 creating his unusual pet. (Photo by Stanley Lewis/BIPs/Getty Images) Steve Brooks of east London…
THE TELEKINE (or Telekino in Spanish) Torres Quevedo started to develop the idea of a remote control around 1901 or 1902, as a way of testing his airships without risking human lives. He was the first person to lay down the modern remote control operation principles, which he expressed in…
Tesla - The Electric Mind 2-2 Model Model Patent number: 613809 (see full patent here) Filing date: Jul 1, 1898 Issue date: Nov 1898 In September 1898, Tesla demonstrates his radio-controlled torpedo boat at Madison Square Garden in Ney York City. (Popular Science July 1956). From Miessner's book "On the Early History…
Fubar D. Robot - Futuristic Uranium Bio Atomic Robot. I don't know who built Fubar. He's still in active use. As at 2010, he's 31 years old! Fubar full of humor, puns, glitz By LORIE McCREA For The Alton Telegraph 2 Sept 1986. Fubar looks like a cross between Groucho Marx…
Selective Timeline 1942 Robert Heinlein - Waldo 1943 - Deaton Puppet Animating Harness Patent 1948 GE Master-Slave Manipulator - John Payne 1948 Ray Goertz Master-Slave Manipulator 1953 Harvey Chapman - Garco 1954 Ray Goertz Electric Servo-Manipulator 1956 GE Yes Man - Exoskeleton Manipulator 1963 Science & Mechanics - "Waldo" as…