The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots. -- Erich Fromm

November 5, 2003 7:27 AM

The History of Robots in the Victorian Era
posted by anastasiav (2 comments total)

Sections of this website were linked on MeFi previously on October 25, 2001 and August 6, 2002.

The Robots of Oz page is pretty cool, too.
posted by anastasiav at 7:27 AM on November 5, 2003

Very nice, engaging design on this site, though I must on principle object to classifying Nick Chopper and Captain Fyter as "robots."

Boilerplate served with Roosevelt's Rough Riders and fought alongside Pancho Villa.

Suuuuuuure he did. I heard he also was an early virtuoso of the Steam-powered drum machine.
posted by soyjoy at 8:17 AM on November 5, 2003