Willie Junior – 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 1930 – Rastus Robot & Willie Jr. – Thomas / Kintner (Westinghouse) (American) http://cyberneticzoo.com/robots/1930-rastus-robot-thomas-kintner-westinghouse-american/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:09:32 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=984 Above: Mr. 'Rastus Robot, the most lifelike of mechanical men, conducting a conversation with S. M. Kintner, assistant vice-president of the Westinghouse Co., Mr. Robot needs some prompting, it is true; that is given by the flashlight in his interlocutor's right hand, which controls the "sound-on-film" conversation previously rehearsed. Here we have 'Rastus playing the […]

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