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The Science Museum is providing an opportunity to resurrect the ephemeral with a Kickstarter Campaign aimed at raising funds to rebuild the rather wonderfully named Eric, a 1920s kind of tin man who wowed the crowds back in the day and yet sadly disappeared forever. Lead Curator Ben Russell introduction his Kickstarter Campaign to rebuild Eric the UK’s first robot. Eager inventors would cannibalize them to build their next bigger and better robot. Russell brimming with enthusiasm was highlighting that, although these robots seem so permanent they are actually quite ephemeral things, they didn’t always last. Cygan with his glowing eyes, rotating head and shiny torso looks impervious to time but also dated in a kind of contradictory way. This model was used to illustrate the articulation of the human body.Īfter the speeches were over I sat listening in on a conversation the Curator Ben Russell was having with a member of the press. On the press day he performed like a true champ taking the paparazzi in his stride – you would never have guessed at the places he has been and the thousands he has entertained. Finally sold at auction for £17,500 in 2013 he now looks as shiny and new as the day he was (born) made. I highly recommend checking out Reuben Hoggett’s website – which has fantastic photographs and some history behind Cygan. “Danger Will Robinson, Danger Will Robinson” Apparently after a stint of promotional work as Mr Moto for Ford cars in the 1960s, he sat languishing at the Southend Historic Aircraft Museum (please see for more details). Cygan and ‘lady’ British Food Fair Olympia 1958 this still is from a British Pathe video Copyright British Pathe for more info see further reading at the end of this article.īut his fame and ‘glamorous’ lifestyle only lasted so long. The exhibition will cover five different periods and places, exploring how robots and society have been shaped by religious belief, the industrial revolution, 20th century popular culture and dreams about the future. But it is the stories behind these objects that are most intriguing, there is some fantastic Pathé footage of a young lady waltzing around on Cygan’s feet. The robot could walk by falling forward and catching itself using the 28 artificial muscles in its legs.
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One of the first robots outside of Japan to wobble forward on two legs. With so much being written about drones and our ability to change history with technology, this exhibition is perfectly timed to look more closely at our fascination with building robots.īipedal Walker, built by David Buckley and the Shadow Robot Project Group, 1987-97īipedal Walker, built by David Buckley and the Shadow Robot Project Group, 1987-97. My other half has only just recently shown me some Boston Dynamics videos of the latest robots that can do a lot more than raise an arm or a leg and crush a tin can (Skynet here we come) and they are kind of impressive and scary at the same time. The exhibition will feature a collection of over 100 robots, from a 16th-century mechanical monk to modern-day state of the art humanoid robotic technology. Admittedly they completely sucked me in to the press conference with the opportunity to meet ‘Cygan’, a 1950s 2.4m tall robot with a ‘glamorous past’! I am not entirely sure what constitutes a glamorous past for a robot but I am quite keen to find out. Since robots came into the popular imagination they have never really gone away, and whilst I am not a robot freak (I am not sure what a robot freak looks like to be honest) I am really excited about the Science Museum’s new exhibition opening in February 2017 on Robots. Even our children are bombarded with robotic icons to fire their imagination.There is the slightly sinister robot hoover in the Teletubbies called Noo Noo (something about him just isn’t right…) and we can come bang up to date with BB-8, charming fans of the new Star Wars film. I rather lovingly remember the depressed robot ‘Marvin’ from ‘Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’, but we don’t need to go back in time to find an array of marvellous robots. If you are of a certain age, when you think of robots you think of ‘Skynet’, Terminator and the T-1000, if you are of a certain age where you forget what age you are then you might think robots and think ‘Lost in Space’, a rather fab 1960s television show featuring Robot B-9 with weird hoover nozzle extendable arms. Say hello to ‘Cygan’, a humanoid robot built by Dr Piero Fiorito in Italy in 1957.