Tuesday, I was in Mansfield, Ohio, eating at the Coney Island. Above me was a big poster of a robot at the 1939 worlds fair, I took a picture. Back home, I looked it up. And funny, it's eerily similar to the current #ai hype. Except 88 years ago. Elektro was a machine built by real robotics pioneers, but was tuned & marketed to promote the company brand, Westinghouse. Sound familiar? Watch this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdLEQNmsXagHistory repeats itself? More on the Robot https://spectrum.ieee.org/elektro-the-motoman-had-the-biggest-brain-at-the-1939-worlds-fair
Tuesday, I was in Mansfield, Ohio, eating at the Coney Island. Above me was a big poster of a robot at the 1939 worlds f...
