FRANCE - 1930: Woman and a robot. France, about 1935. (Photo by Gaston Paris/Roger Viollet/Getty Images)
TURIN, ITALY - circa 1950: This robot, as the protagonist of the first mechanic film, makes his first appearance for an essay, circa 1950 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
TURIN, ITALY - circa 1950: This robot, as the protagonist of the first mechanic film, makes his first appearance before the cinematographic camera for an essay, circa 1950 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
FRANCE - CIRCA 1934: Fun fair. France, about 1935. (Photo by Gaston Paris/Roger Viollet/Getty Images)
1955 - Mobile Remote Manipulator at Argonne National Labs. Sphere-mounted tongs, similar to those on Mobile Remote Manipulator. Popular Mechanics Feb 1955 Lead Shield on Wheels Guards Atomic Worker Electric motors propel a heavy, three-sided lead shield used in handling radioactive materials at Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago. The barrier,…