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Elektro was on exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair and was joined at that fair in 1940, with "Sparko", a robot dog that could bark, sit, and beg to humans.. Several minutes of color sound footage of Elektro in action can be seen at 33:55 in the movie, The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair, a fully-produced hour-long movie made by Westinghouse, which showcased the Westinghouse ...
The fate of Mansfield's world-famous robot Elektro remains in limbo following the closure of the Mansfield Memorial Museum on July 4. Is Elektro going to the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan or was ...
A humanoid robot is a robot resembling the human body in shape. ... Elektro: A humanoid robot built by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation [42] 1941-42
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In 1939, the humanoid robot known as Elektro appeared at the World's Fair. [57] [58] Seven feet tall (2.1 m) and weighing 265 pounds (120 kg), it could walk by voice command, speak about 700 words (using a 78-rpm record player), smoke cigarettes, blow up balloons, and move its head and arms. The body consisted of a steel gear cam and motor ...
In 1939, the humanoid robot known as Elektro was debuted at the 1939 New York World's Fair. [51] [52] Seven feet tall (2.1 m) and weighing 265 pounds (120.2 kg), it could walk by voice command, speak about 700 words (using a 78-rpm record player), smoke cigarettes, blow up balloons, and move its head and arms. The body consisted of a steel gear ...
In 1926, Westinghouse Electric Corporation created Televox, the first robot put to useful work. In the 1930s, they created a humanoid robot known as Elektro for exhibition purposes, including the 1939 and 1940 World's Fairs. [10] [11] Unimate was the first industrial robot, [3] which worked on a General Motors assembly line in New Jersey in 1961.
1939 () – 1939 (): Sparko, The Robot Dog, and Elektro, performs in front of the public. both manufactured by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Elektro was one of the first robots, using basic sensors and tube logic to receive commands and roughly know when it crashed into a wall. It could blow up balloons, smoke, synthesize text, and ...