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LicenseVideo Robot with packaging, 1971, Horikawa, Japan. Hand and Machine Tools
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Video Robot with packaging, 1971, Horikawa, Japan. Hand and Machine Tools
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Video Robot with packaging, 1971, Horikawa, Japan. Hand and Machine Tools
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Video Robot with box packaging, manufactured by Horikawa, Japan, 1971
This design of toy robot by Horikawa came in a wide range of versions, and was issued with English or Japanese packaging. The robot is powered by two 'C' cell batteries, and would walk forward before a space screen scrolled across the chest. The robot is one of many designs which played a key role postwar influencing public perceptions of robots.
Details
- Category:
- Human Robotics
- Object Number:
- 2015-428
- taxonomy:
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- furnishing and equipment
- furnishing and equipment
- container - receptacle
