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1935 – “Mental Telepathy” Robot – Enrico Garcia (Spanish/British)

cyberne1 — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 08:29:51 +0000

Two girls inspecting the robot today. c1935. Mr. ENRICO GARCIA showing the "works" of the new ROBOT, which answers questions without codes. A ROBOT WITH BRAINS OF ITS OWN. 14 Years to perfect new invention. The "mental telepathy" ROBOT, on which Mr. ENRICO GARCIA has spent pounds700 and 14 years untiring effort to perfect, was […]

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1934 – Deep Sea Diving Suit – Thomas Connelly (American)

cyberne1 — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 11:46:49 +0000

1934 – Deep Sea Diving Suit by Thomas Connelly. Note incorrect depiction of air lines, of which there should be none, as the suit employed a rebreather system. Source: History of Diving Museum A pair of powerful lamps attached to the writs of "Iron Mike". Source: Middletown Times Herald, Mar 28, 1939. Cyril Von […]

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1935 – Unknown Mechanical Man – (American)

cyberne1 — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 13:42:10 +0000

Source: (I've lost and been unable to relocate the source to this image. Please contact me if you do know the source.) This early Robot may have been in the Boston area in 1935. It looks capable of standing and sitting, raising and lowering either arm, and appears to have microphones in its ears. Like most […]

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1935 – Lifelike Robot – Milton Tenenbaum (American)

cyberne1 — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:14:31 +0000

Source: Popular Science, October 1935 LIFELIKE ROBOT SPEAKS, SMOKES. AND DRINKS The robot and a companion go fishing. So realistic in appearance is this mechanical man that it is hard to pick out at a casual glance. After closer inspection, you may distinguish him as the figure sitting on the right. HOW THE DUMMY PLAYS […]

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1935c – Automatic-Walking Elephant (Japanese)

cyberne1 — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 12:54:39 +0000

This image shows a walking mechanical elephant from Japan. It is 12V electric-powered, 1/4 HP motor. The image is sourced from here. According to the website the images are from a catalog of "Nihon goraku-ki seisakusho (Japan amusement machine manufacturing)" around 1935. More info: The elephant's name is "Jidou-hokou zou (automatic-walking elephant)". 12v battery powered and […]

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1935 – French Side-show Robot Man – (French)

cyberne1 — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:15:04 +0000

Robot appearing at a French fairground side-show in 1935. Other than these images, I have very little information on this side-show "Robot Man". Robot appearing in an Italian film c 1950.

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1935 – Robota the Mechanical Man (American)

cyberne1 — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:53:47 +0000

from The Syracuse Herald 9 May 1935. Both the Electrical Circus, with its thrilling Chicago entury of Progress demonstrations of man-made lightning, black light, the electric eye, and electric robots with both tastes and sounds vegetable ripeness, and Robota. the mechanical man, remain bright spots of the big Exposition. Describlng himself as one of four […]

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1935 – Telepathovox – (British)

cyberne1 — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:51:59 +0000

A photograph of a woman listening to the 'telepathovox', taken by an unknown photographer for the Daily Herald newspaper on 17 August, 1935. Displayed on the Marconiphone stand at the Radiolympia show held at Olympia, London, the device was described as an 'amazing machine which answers questions in an uncanny manner.' Another Marconi robot (similar […]

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1935 – Alpha the Robot (American)

cyberne1 — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:51:26 +0000

Alpha the Robot at the 1935-7 San Diego Exposition held at Balboa Park. Alpha the Robot kidnapping Queen Zorine of the Nudists. 1935 – Alpha the Robot [Image date incorrect]. Called “Zoro Gardens,” the exhibit featured 50 nudists from “nature cults” all over the world. The colony was presided over by a King Adolf and […]

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1935 – “Anthrophor” – Dr. Okolicsanyi Ferenc (Hungarian)

cyberne1 — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:44:30 +0000

I have very little information on Anthrophor. The images are an extract from a Hungarian patent 118554. It appears to be tele-operated. An early Hungarian patent on a robot by Dr. János Gács The 118,544 Hungarian Patent was filed on 10th December 1936, by Ferenc Okolicsányi. It was based on a German application filed on […]

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