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Picture No 10216278
Date 1928
Description The new mechanical man
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The first British robot, invented by Captain Richards and Mr. A. H. Reffell, whose first duty was to open a Model Engineering Exhibition at the Royal Horticultural Hall in London in 1928. The robot was able to rise, bow and make a 'speech'.
Source The Illustrated London News. September 15th 1928. P.453. By G. H.Davis
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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