The “automated schoolmarm” from the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair, from two great Paleofuture posts, one about Isaac Asimov and the other about, amongst other things, a fear of robots teaching children.
Robot Server
Robotic server at Two Panda Deli in 1985; Pasadena, California. Weighed 180 pounds and cost $20,000 ($45,000 in 2012 dollars).
Via: Smithsonian blog
KaBoomBoom
Apparently, these kids and their dad James Kochalka started a band named “KaBoomBoom” over their holiday break. Three songs in total, my favorite is below; how can you beat a song called “Little Robots” and the lyrics “lasers and axes and swords and bombs”?