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Robot Collection

Background imageRobot Collection: R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), [193-]. Creator: Unknown

R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), [193-]. Creator: Unknown
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), [193-]. Poster for production of a 1920 science-fiction play by Karel Capek, Rossumovi UniverzszlnY Roboti (Rossum's Universal Robots)

Background imageRobot Collection: R.U.R. [193-]. Creator: Unknown

R.U.R. [193-]. Creator: Unknown
R.U.R. [193-]. Federal Theatre Marionette Theatre Presents - R.U.R.'. Poster for puppet version of a 1920 science-fiction play by Karel Capek

Background imageRobot Collection: Mechanical Elephant with Festival Barge and Korean Musicians, c. 1765

Mechanical Elephant with Festival Barge and Korean Musicians, c. 1765. Attributed to Komatsuya Hyakki

Background imageRobot Collection: Large wind-up automaton of Asahina Saburo, c. 1847 / 48. Creator: Sadahide Utagawa

Large wind-up automaton of Asahina Saburo, c. 1847 / 48. Creator: Sadahide Utagawa
Large wind-up automaton of Asahina Saburo, c. 1847/48

Background imageRobot Collection: Eric, the first British robot at the Exhibition of the Society of Model Engineers in

Eric, the first British robot at the Exhibition of the Society of Model Engineers in London, 1928, 1928. Private Collection

Background imageRobot Collection: Eric the Robot, 1928-1929. Creator: Anonymous

Eric the Robot, 1928-1929. Creator: Anonymous
Eric the Robot, 1928-1929. Private Collection

Background imageRobot Collection: The Automaton Chess Player, 1845. Creator: Unknown

The Automaton Chess Player, 1845. Creator: Unknown
The Automaton Chess Player, 1845. A machine...invented in the year 1769. by Wolfgang de Kempelin...the concealed player was seated immediately under the chess board of the Automaton...the reverse of

Background imageRobot Collection: Mechanical Hands, c1935. Artist: Pacific and Atlantic

Mechanical Hands, c1935. Artist: Pacific and Atlantic
Mechanical Hands, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Background imageRobot Collection: The Automaton Chess Player, 1845

The Automaton Chess Player, 1845. Illustration published in The Illustrated London News, (1845)

Background imageRobot Collection: Deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope, 1990

Deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope, 1990. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was put into orbit from the Space Shuttle Discovery, mission STS-31 on 24 April 1990

Background imageRobot Collection: Table-clearing robot. Artist: Meredith Thring

Table-clearing robot. Artist: Meredith Thring
Table-clearing robot, made at Queen Mary College in Londond in the dept. of Professor M. W. Thring

Background imageRobot Collection: Mademoiselle Claire, an automaton built by Robert Herdner, 1912. Artist: Robert Herdner

Mademoiselle Claire, an automaton built by Robert Herdner, 1912. Artist: Robert Herdner
Mademoiselle Claire, an automaton built by Robert Herdner, used by him at l Hopital Bretonneau to hand out surgical instruments from tgrolley. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 18 August 1912


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