Elektro, humanoid robot, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Mansfield, Ohio, USA


Electro the Smoking Robot at the 1939 New York World's Fair

Uploaded on Apr 16, 2008

See Electro the Smoking Moto Man - from an exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair. This robot, created by Westinghouse, is an amazing technological feat for that era and makes for a fascinating clip.

This film clip is part of the film The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
 

Electro the Robot and his Robot Dog, 1939. Archive film 93535

Published on Apr 20, 2015

Close up of a 1939 crude robot (called Electro and it was presented in 1939 at the World's Fair in New York), it moves its fingers and counts to five, a close up of the robot's face followed by a full view. A dog robot next to the robot. Close up showing the robot smoking a cigarette.
 

ELECTRO the ROBOT
August 3, 2016

What visit to the 1939 New York World's Fair would be complete without seeing ELECTRO THE ROBOT in the Westinghouse building? This is certain to bring back memories of fairs and exhibitions you once attended or revive your love of robots. Did the FUTURE predicted by Science-Fiction in the 1930s come to pass? What did the seers miss besides cell phones and the Internet?
 
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