ANATOMY OF AN ANDROID
HANDS Garco’s rubber-tipped fingers used vacuum suction to pick up light objects. BRAIN Parts from six aircraft-control systems made up the robot’s brain, and 1,200 feet of wire cable formed its nervous system. VOICE Garco “talked” when Chapman spoke into a two-way radio transmitter. ARMS Chapman used a 22-button panel to direct the left arm and a five-jointed electromechanical control arm and handgrip to manipulate the right arm and hand. FACE Signals from the control panel directed the movements of its jaw and lips and even made its plastic eyes roll. LEGS The robot’s legs could extend to increase its height by six inches. Read the full story of Harvey Chapman and Garco in our December 1953 issue.
