a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
A display of robot models showing which robots were included by Tezuka in the Fujipan pavillion. The Symphonitoron. Robots appearing at an exhibition. Osamu Tezuka with his robots. Dancing robot rotates, and moves its arms. Catalogue entry. Blue photo-taking robot on the left. See the full Jiro Aizawa story here .
The Osaka Demonstration Robot by Arata Isozaki consists of a head, body, base and two arms of different lengths. The head contains two control rooms. In the first ambiant data is collected and processed, and then transmitted to the main control room from which the robot receives instructions to respond by emitting smoke, smell, light, and …
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The 7ft tall, blue robot appeared in the Fujipan pavillion at Expo'70, Osaka, Japan. The robot display for the Fujipan pavillion was designed by Jiro's partner Osamu Tezuka (the creator of Astro Boy) so most likely the robot was, at least, from their Institute of Juvenile Culture. The robot itself is probably an Aizawa robot. A display of robot …
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An Expo'70 [Osaka, Japan) postcard showing Kuro-Kun. Two post-cards (one cut down) showing Kuro-Kun (Mr. Kuro). The image is covered in a thin prismatic film so that when tilted, the robots internals can be seen. The images below show a very similar robot. Most likely the same robot, but the chest pattern and hands were possibly …
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Mr. Taro the Camera Robot by Jiro Aizawa. Built in 1969 for Expo'70 held in Osaka. He was located in the Fujipan Pavillion, in partnership with another robot. The above image was from a more recent exhibition catalogue held in Japan, 2010, and shows a more modern digital camera. The Nixie tubes around his waist are no …
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