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Whilst it was Frank Stuart that gets most of the credit for the famous British Robot Elephant, it was in fact Maurice Radburn, an employee of Frank Stuart's that toyed with the idea of building a Walking Elephant. Frank Stuart had already built a stiff-legged motorised elephant but wasn't entirely happy with it. Maurice Radburn … Read More ""http://cyberneticzoo.com/wp-content/uploads/maurice-radburn-elephant-blue-peter-p1-x640.jpg