Tag: 1957

昭和32 年（1957 年）発行の 『科学大観』第10号 「機械と道具」特集より 次郎氏と「呼びリンを手にもって 時刻を知らせる口ボット」 Rough English translation… 1957 (1957) issue  'Scientific general survey' 10th number From “machine and instrument” special edition Mr. Jiro placing a bell in the robots hand. The robot speaks through its 'mouth' to tell the time. See the full Jiro Aizawa story here .

Jiro Aizawa, born 1903, is very significant in terms of Japan's history of robots, toy robots in particular.  (also Dr. Aizawa, Uncle Robot, Dr. Robot, Zirou Aizawa, Dr. Aizawa Zirou, and 二郎相澤 in Japanese.) In 1910*1, when in 5th grade, Aizawa saw his first mechanical man in a London exhibition [RH Note that the word robot was not …

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Caption: 森永製菓のロボット象、街を行く＝熊本市内 (English translation: Morinaga robot elephant goes to the town–city Kumamoto) Other than the image, I have little other information about this mechanical elephant. Image was taken in 1958 in Japan, I believe. RH update Feb 2011 – Thanks to Hisashi Moriyama from Japan I now  have the following information. Robot Elephant was made …

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“Ruffnik’s moniker was a riff on the name of the first Russian space satellite “Sputnik,” launched the same year that 3-D Danny premiered on Channel 13.  Constructed by the prop department at WKY-TV, Oklahoma City, and shipped to Channel 13 in a large, coffin-shaped crate, “Ruffnik” was a virtual duplicate of the robot used in …

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Oakland Tribune 22 Aug 1957 Lauren V. Merritt, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.C. Merritt of El Cerrito, was concerned. "Gizzmo is acting up," he said. "Gizzmo" is a maze-solving robot. Push a button anywhere and a light bounces through a ?complicated maze? and "Gizzmo" remembers the way out. Merritt is a student of …

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