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LicenseMechanic Robot, 1970s, Yonezawa, Japan
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Mechanic Robot, 1970s, Yonezawa, Japan
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Mechanic Robot, 1970s, Yonezawa, Japan
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Mechanic Robot, manufactured by Yonezawa, Japan, 1970-1975.
This is the Curator of Mechanical Engineering's favourite toy robot out of the Science Museum's entire collection. The display in the robot's chest is quite mesmerising, with gears rotating in one direction and lights behind rotating in the other. The face with no features is also curiously sci-fi. The movement is the standard routine of stepping forwards, the torso rotating, and then walking forward beginning again, against a backdrop of sound effects while the body rotates.
Details
- Category:
- Human Robotics
- Object Number:
- 2015-451
- Measurements:
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overall: 290 mm x 160 mm x 95 mm,
- type:
- robot and toy - recreational artefact
- credit:
- Purchased from Timea Vincze
