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Miss Nude World with AROK – click here only if over the age of 18. VIDEO CLIPS See 1979 French newsreel clip here showing Arok, SNEB, and Ben Skora's automated house. "Home Movie" DVD extract (6 minutes into 9 minute clip) See also this clip made by Ben's friend and modern filmmaker,  Bohus Blahut   (BOH-hoosh …

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(above) Robert the Robot  is the first robot built by Kirt Golden in 1954. Interesting robot built by Kirt Golden, age 16 at the time (1955). Limited budget led him to realize that one dextrous arm is sufficient to perform most tasks. For a small robot, it had sufficient weight and power to push a …

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Although built using a child's electric car as the chassis, the fully functional Buster was a true Cybernetic Animal, showing reflexes, phototropism, and hunger / recharging modes. He could operate totally autonomously if so desired, but had manual overrides via a remote panel or remote control via an acoustic adapter. No CPU chips here. Op-amps, …

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14-year-old inventor Donald Rich with Robotron walking robot designed as a computer at International Gadget & Invention show at Madison Square Garden. [Getty image] (above image from Jim Linderman's site) text from Corpus Christi Times Fri Aug 9 1957 p10. DOES EVERYTHING BUT TALK – Ready to respond to his master's directions is Robetron a …

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