THE AGE OF MECHANISM.—"AIpha," the uncannily clever robot which (or "who") amazed everyone with his lifelike gestures and speech. In answer to spoken commands he acted and talked like a human being, even to answering questions that were apparently not pre-arranged. He weighs two tons, and the mechanism of his "innards" is a close secret of his inventor, Mr. H. May.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 239, 8 October 1932, Page 10
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61THE AGE OF MECHANISM.—"AIpha," the uncannily clever robot which (or "who") amazed everyone with his lifelike gestures and speech. In answer to spoken commands he acted and talked like a human being, even to answering questions that were apparently not pre-arranged. He weighs two tons, and the mechanism of his "innards" is a close secret of his inventor, Mr. H. May. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 239, 8 October 1932, Page 10
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