Useful Robots

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

699

Date Released

16 May 1968

Date recorded

26 Apr 1968

Length of issue (in feet)

243

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Hop Stringing
2. 2Nightmare Robots
3. 3Useful Robots

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: ... as they prove at Queen Mary’s College in London where some really useful robots have been built. There’s the centipede which will help the first men on the moon and a "mole" miner for digging up minerals. And on the more humane side they’ve designed a walking machine to investigate mechanical ways of helping limbless people, and built a step-climbing carriage for Thalidomide victims.

Keywords

Science and technology; Disabled persons

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

200

Story extras:

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