The 1979 book Robots (World of the Future) showcases the many robotic innovations to come. The intro explains, "few of them will look like the popular image of a robot - a machine in the shape of a human." The image below, featured on page 23, does feature one such robot as "humans and machines work together."
The result [of man/machine parternship] could be just another step along the pathway of human evolution, perhaps an entirely new breed of man, better fitted to explore the Universe.
See also:
Gigantic Robots to Fight Our Battles (Fresno Bee, 1934)
The Mechanical Man of the Future (1928)
The Robot is a Terrible Creature (1922)
Mammy vs Robot (Charleston Gazette, 1937)
Donald Duck's "Modern Inventions" (1937)
All's Fair at the Fair (1938)
8 comments:
The image on p. 23 looks like it was HEAVILY influenced by Star Wars. :)
I had that book!
Loved it - I must see if I can find it in my mothers attic next time I'm over.
OK, showing my age now...
Hello Paleo-Future! Great blog you have here! I've got a blog called Nostalgia Manila and it features everything 70's and 80's and would love to do a link exchange with you!
Hope all is well, and keep up the good work!
Hey, I still have it! (Spanish eddition) Maybe I should try to sell it on eBay...
I was more interested in the "Power without Pollution" items in the top left corner of the cover. The illustration depicts windmill power.
As the VP of Development for a wind energy company, seeing early renditions of the systems I work with now are fascinating. Any chance you can show those pages as well?
"The World of the Future" was one of my favorite book series as a kid. Whenever I went to the library those were one of my favorites to read. I'd spend hours pouring over the pages, thinking of what the future would be like.
Man, I want my flying car that will take me to work in an undersea office building and return me to my blimp-house in the sky!
man, I loved that book as a kid. Especially the "V-22 Osprey" style hover ambulance.
This book was one of my favs in primary school! It inspired me to study robotics at uni,and Oh boy! I wish i had gone to business school instead!!!
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