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| Picture No | 10216076 |
| Date | 1928 |
| Description | A robot to open an exhibition: the new mechanical man |
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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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| Source | The Illustrated London News. 15 September 1928. P.453. By G.H. Davis |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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