Oct 30, 2022
Robots have always fascinated and horrified humanity in
equal measure. The prospect of a synthetic lifeform is at times
exciting, but can quickly turn south. Luckily we've never gotten
that far... or have we? This episode we will look at a selection of
early robots, from the Mechanical Turk to Elektro. All have one
thing in common: they run off smoke and mirrors.
Selected Sources:
Robots of Westinghouse by Scott Shaut - Best source on
Elektro and his friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T35A3g_GvSg
- See Elektro in
action
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Inanimate_Reason_Or_a_Circumstantial_Acc/mvVdAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 - On the
Mechanical Turk
