MECHANICAL MAN
A REMARKABLE INVENTION F T GURE CAPABLE OF TALKING (United Service.) (Rec. September 4, 11.15 p.m.) London. September 4. ■ The “Daily Mail" slates that, a Robot. i...'t merely a collection of wires and cleverly jointed steel, but a manlike figure, more lifelike tlitm the cleverest waxwork, capable of bowing, shaking hands, and talking, will open a model engineering exhibition in London on September 15. It is the invention of tin engineer. A. 11. Ref Tell. assisted by a. journalist. When it opens the exhibtion it will rise from a chair, deliver n speech which will be actually the voice of a person speaking through a wireless mechanism concealed in the Robot’s throat, after which it will answer the audience’s questions. The inventors are at present dissatisfied with the movement of the lips and are making efforts to improve it
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 288, 5 September 1928, Page 11
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141MECHANICAL MAN Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 288, 5 September 1928, Page 11
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