Alpha the robot featured on a Japanese magazine cover in the 1930s. He was previously covered here
Tag: Robots
Eric RUR the Robot, 1928
Armed and Dangerous
The Monster and The Ape, 1945
The Monster and the Ape was the 26th serial released by Columbia Pictures and was released in 1945. The Monster of the title is the “Metalogen Man”, a robot created by Professor Franklin Arnold. After displaying his invention, the robot is stolen by Professor Ernst with the aid of his trained ape, Thor. Ken Morgan leads the attempts to recover the stolen robot. (Wikipedia)
“A Weird Battle Against Crime!”
The Master of the World, 1934
A German scientist designs and builds a machine that will do dangerous work instead of placing humans in jeopardy. But the machine itself turns out to have disastrous effects on the people involved. (IMDb)
Ericsson Robot, 1933
Swedish communications company, Ericsson Telephone, used this giant robot as a billboard in Mexico City in 1933. The robot was one of several temporarily suspended above the streets of Mexico City’s historic center.
RoboCop, 1924
