ROBOTS STAGE REALISTIC PRIZE FIGHT (Apr, 1933)
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Apr, 1933
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Apr, 1933
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ROBOTS STAGE REALISTIC PRIZE FIGHT
Mechanical men stage an exciting boxing contest in a new game invented for amusement resorts. Two contestants play the game, each controlling one of the boxers with a hand wheel. Animated by a system of electro-magnets, the figures swing their gloves up, down, or sideways and duck with surprising realism. If one of the dummies is struck by an upward-swung glove at a certain critical point on the chin, it falls to the floor, as shown in the photo below, and a knockout is scored.
Monster Garage version:
http://www.vulturekulture.com/.....ockem.html
Painting:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blog.....ry_id=7954
And someone built life-sized versions you could climb into for Burning Man this year but I couldn’t find pics
Comment by Stannous — December 5, 2006 @ 11:41 am
A very, very, very early version of Wii Boxing!
Comment by glindsey — December 12, 2006 @ 8:51 am