Elektro: The robot that smokes!

‘Seven feet tall, weighing 265 pounds, humanoid in appearance, he could walk by voice command, speak about 700 words, smoke cigarettes, blow up balloons and move his head and arms.’

Westinghouse’s Elektro from his appearance at the 1939 World’s Fair.

More info (and construction diagram) here.


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