Texan – cyberneticzoo.com http://cyberneticzoo.com a history of cybernetic animals and early robots Sun, 28 Feb 2016 08:33:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 1953 – Tobor the Robot – Dave Ballard (American) http://cyberneticzoo.com/pseudo-automatons-and-robots/1953-tobor-robot-dave-ballard-american/ Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:30:03 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=13765 From the "Captain Video" TV serial, the "I, Tobor" episodes starting the week of November 2, 1953. Tobor (played by 7' 6" Dave Ballard) was a prototype robot designed to be a tireless worker and indestructible soldier. It bore the inscription "I-TOBOR" (a reversed image of ROBOT-I) on its chest plate. Tobor's body featured a […]

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