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Early Robotic Pioneers
Early Robotic Pioneers
A handful of inventors and mechanics who made some very early functioning "Robots" in the 1920s. Captain Alban Roberts who demonstrated his "Working Model Of The Kaiser" in 1920 and his later "Robot" in 1928. Captain W H Richards and A H Reffell who made "Eric the Robot" to open the Exhibition of the Society of Model Engineers in London in 1928 in place of the Duke of York. A recreation of "Eric" was funded through Kickstarter for the London Science Museum and is now part of their collections.
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Born 1882
Died 1950
Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal Navy Probationary Flight Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant (Honorary Captain) Royal Air Force
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Born 1868
Died 1948
British Army Temporary Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment 10th Battalion
British Army Temporary Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
British Army Captain Sherwood Foresters
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Born 1893
Died 1979
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 759 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 759 Corporal Royal Flying Corps
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 759 Serjeant Royal Flying Corps
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