The new mechanical man 1928

Diagram of an aluminium man, the first British robot invented by Captain Richards and Mr. A.H. Refell. The machine could rise, bow and make a speech. Concealed in his body was an electric motor and a system of pulleys and cables. His first duty was to open a model engineering exhibition

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