1948 – ELSIE (Electro-mechanical robot, Light Sensitive with Internal and External stability ) – W. Grey Walter

ELSIE  (Electro-mechanical robot, Light Sensitive with Internal and External stability ). The press at the time reported the arrival of ELSIE in late 1949, eg Daily Mail, 17 November 1949; and Daily Express, 13 December 1949. But a memo exists from Edison Swan to Grey dated 10 Mar 1948 suggests that the female tortoise [ELSIE] was also built in 1948. [Note: Edison …

M. speculatrix – a new species of animal – ELMER

ELMER – (ELectro-MEchanical Robot)                              How the media reported the coming of ELMER :   Lethbridge Herald –  Wednesday , February 25, 1948 Robot Tortoise Likes Women – Recognizes Voices, Comes To Meet When Called-Can be Sulky                                           LONDON. Feb. 25      Daily Express reported today that Dr. W. Grey Walter. 38-year-old brain scientist has built a robot tortoise so "human …