Long before C-3PO and Wall-e, there was Elektro, a smoking, talking, and walking robot that wowed the World's Fair in 1939. Meet the seminal robot that has been rescued from the scrap heap of time.

Elektro, a robot built by Westinghouse in 1937, was a star at the World's Fair in 1939-40. Photo: Courtesy of Scott Schaut/Mansfield Memorial Museum Photo: Scott Schaut/Mansfield Memorial Museum ...

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Elektro Frosch has created an electric camper on three wheels that comes with a tent, kitchen, and awning. The electric trike is powered by a 72-volt battery and an engine that supplies 2,500 to 7,000 ...

Elektro, a robot built in the late 1930s at the Westinghouse Plant in Mansfield, has been returned to the Weeks family. The robot will be displayed at the North Central Ohio Industrial Museum inside ...

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