Mobot the magnificent mobile robot was invented by Hughes Aircraft Electronic Labs in 1961.
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All images by J. R. Eyerman
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Mobot the Magnificent Mobile Robot, 1961
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A hairdresser with two watercooled machine guns for eyes; it can’t get any better. Seriosly though, it wasn’t robot but a remote manipulator – but the console is a thing to behold in itself.
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