Pilot Officer Sale constructed a robot for only fifteen pounds. The robot named George can be moved by a controller from up to 20 feet away.
Duplicate version.
Robot invented. RAF (Royal Air Force) Saffron Walden, Essex.
C/U Robot (George) head turning, eyes light up and mouth moves. M/S Controller Pilot Officer Sale working robot. C/U Robot walking forward, moves arms and shakes head. M/S Pan from controller to robot walking, controller comes back into picture. C/U Feet of robot approaching. C/U Control set, pan up to controller's face. M/S Robot walking. C/U Control set. M/S Robot, controller walks into picture, puts down set and turns robot's shoulders. C/U Turning robot round, controller puts screwdriver inside robot and loosens nut. C/U Controller takes front from robot, showing inside.
Cataloguer's note: The robot looks like something from a 'fifties 'B' movie or maybe the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz. It's great !
2010:
The Robot and its inventor Tony Sale were featured in Metro newspaper:
http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/848028-1950s-robot-is-back-in-action-after-45-years-in-the-scrapheap
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