1928 Japanese Robot Still Functions

xodar · Post by **xodar** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:10 am

80Yr Old Japanese Robot Brought back to Life, Very creepy

Gakutensoku is Asia's oldest modern robot, built in 1928 for the ascension of the Emperor Showa (aka Hirohito). Twice as tall as the emperor at 10 feet, 6 inches, it could tilt its head, blink, smile and puff up its chest and cheeks with a system of inflatable rubber tubes. Long lost in Germany before returning to Osaka, it's been restored and brought back to life with a $200,000 computer-controlled pneumatic servo system. But it definitely still moves like an 80-year-old–very slowly. Check out the video of it in motion below, it's like a robot from "It's a Small World," but even more uncanny and creepier.

http://mysterytopia.com/2008/09/80yr-ol ... ck-to.html

There are pictures and a video at site.

Remy · Post by **Remy** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:58 am

Well, I guess robots have a longer shelf life than we thought.