[Ads-l] Antedating of "Robotic"

[Shapiro, Fred]

robotic (OED 1928, Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction 1928)

1927 Daily Olympian 10 Nov. 2/2 (Newspapers.com)

LA COSTE INVENTS ROBOTIC OPPONENT ... In preparing for his defeat of "Big Bill" Tilden last August, Rene La Coste had a mechanical accomplice, a unique machine of his own invention ... This tennis robot can be operated by turning a handle or by the use an electric motor.

Fred Shapiro


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