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![]() Early use of the idea of a specialized robotic arm.
Another interesting illustration of a robotic arm is provided in The Star of Life, a 1947 story by Edmond Hamilton.
“No intruders are allowed in the Psychological Department tonight, under Mar Kami’s order. Retire at once.”
The machine, as it spoke, raised a jointed arm that held a lethal-looking cylinder pointed straight at Hammond. Hammond tried to temporize. Surely a man could out-wit a mere mechanical thing?
“Mar Kann sent me,” he declared, edging a little nearer.
The rasping voice retorted instantly.
“You will retire at once, for you are not Mar Kann nor one of the Psychos.”
Hammond turned as though to obey, then whirled with the energy-pistol in his hand upraised. He dared not fire, lest the crashing blast arouse all the building. He tried to knock the weapon from the machine-servant’s grasp. The cylindrical weapon was bolted to the jointed arm! He discovered that in dismay as his futile blow rebounded.
“Get on top of it, Kirk!” cried Thayn in warning.
Desperately, he heeded the Vraman girl’s cry and leaped up on top of the machine-servant’s square box. Crouching on it, he hammered furiously with the muzzle of his weapon at its lens-eye. The pistol-barrel smashed through the lens as the machine rolled under him with universal-jointed arms reaching up to seize him. Then suddenly the arms stopped, and the whole machine froze motionless...
In this case, the arm belongs to a robotic lawn mower. Compare this to the steel tentacles of the invading Martian machines in H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds (1898) and Robert Heinlein's waldoes from his 1942 novella Waldo. Oh, and don't forget the sensor arm used by R2D2 in Star Wars (1976). Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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