1965 – NASA Robot Astronaut – (American)
Source: Popular Mechanics August 1965. Robot Flexes 35 Joints to Test Space Suits – Popular Science May 1967. When you do physical work—pushing, pulling, lifting, twisting, gripping—you encounter resistance. but how many pounds of force must you exert to overcome it? It's difficult to gauge. That's the job these articulated dummies are built to do. …