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Robots of Westinghouse: 1924 - Today

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"I am Elektro, mightiest of all robots. I was created by Westinghouse Laboratories. I am 7 feet, 6 inches tall. I weigh 260 pounds. My brain is bigger than yours. It weighs 60 pounds. I can do many things. If you use me well, I can be your slave."

In 1939--my mom (deceased) and her younger borhter-my uncle (deceased) took train from Ohio to New York to see New York World's fair--my mom and uncle born and raised i9n Mansfield, Ohio--home of Electro the Westinghourse robot at that fair. RECENTLY AN E MAIL FROM MY UNCLE SON WHO IS HELPING HIS OWN SON A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT DO A ROBOTICS CLASS FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION CREDIT IN A MIDWEST HIGH SCHOOL--I THEN REMEMBERED MY DECEASED UNCLE AND MY MOM HAD SEEN ELECTRO ROBOT IN ACTION. IN 1939--HOW FITTING MY UNCLE GRANDSON DOING SUCH A PROJECT--RAN INTERNET RE; ELECTRO AND FOUND MANSFIELD, OHIO MUSEUM HAD THIS BOOK--UNCLE GRANDSON CAN USE WITH HIS PROJECT AND A FITTING THING TO REMEMBER HIS DECEASED GRANDDAD WITH, TOO. THE BOOK ORDER ARRIVED PROMPTLY AND IN GOOD CONDITION AND AT PRESENT HELPING A SCHOOL PROJECT AN GIVING INSIGHT AS TO WHAT THIS SCHOOL STUDENT GRANDDAD WOULD HAVE SEEN IN 1939. THANKS FOR HAVING THIS BOOK ON INTERNET!