a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
ROBOTIAN-LIKE COSTUMED FIGURE – Ernest Walling – see full patent design here. Patent number: D171959 Filing date: May 27, 1953 Issue date: Apr 1954 It looks as if it was easier for Westinghouse to use people inside Robot costumes going forward. The old robots Vocalite, Elektro, were getting on and probably costly to run.
Mechanical Man Exposed; Talks Freely – (Source – Fitchburg Sentinel, 18 Feb 1935.) The "Mechanical Man" isn't. "It" or "he" is a human being, adept at impersonating a mechanical man, robot or some similar electric device. This was disclosed last night at the Oyster Bar when he was publicly "opened," the act consisting of the …
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from The Syracuse Herald 9 May 1935. Both the Electrical Circus, with its thrilling Chicago entury of Progress demonstrations of man-made lightning, black light, the electric eye, and electric robots with both tastes and sounds vegetable ripeness, and Robota. the mechanical man, remain bright spots of the big Exposition. Describlng himself as one of four …
Alpha the Robot at the 1935-7 San Diego Exposition held at Balboa Park. Alpha the Robot kidnapping Queen Zorine of the Nudists. 1935 – Alpha the Robot [Image date incorrect]. Called “Zoro Gardens,” the exhibit featured 50 nudists from “nature cults” all over the world. The colony was presided over by a King Adolf and …
TIN MAN AS WALKING ADVERTISEMENT – Popular Science Nov 1910. A hardware dealer in Clintonville, Wis., recently built a giant tin man of materials on sale in his store, hired a man to walk the streets inside of it, and as a result drew much attention to his wares. The giant of tin was 8 ft. …