Sunday, January 29, 2012

I Robot

Views of robots that I like.  The word "robot" comes from a 1920 book by the Czech writer Karl Capek entitled "Rossom's Universal Robots."  The word is from the Czech for serf labour or slave.


A 19th Century German talking machine.


A Swiss robot from the 1930's.



  
Too often, as in this scene from a 1941 film, it seems they're after the women!

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