<P> Elektro is the nickname of a robot built by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in its Mansfield , Ohio facility between 1937 and 1938 . Seven feet tall ( 2.1 m ) , weighing 265 pounds ( 120.2 kg ) , humanoid in appearance , he could walk by voice command , speak about 700 words ( using a 78 - rpm record player ) , smoke cigarettes , blow up balloons , and move his head and arms . Elektro 's body consisted of a steel gear , cam and motor skeleton covered by an aluminum skin . His photoelectric `` eyes '' could distinguish red and green light . He was on exhibit at the 1939 New York World 's Fair and reappeared at that fair in 1940 , with `` Sparko '' , a robot dog that could bark , sit , and beg to humans . </P>
<P> Elektro is the nickname of a robot built by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in its Mansfield , Ohio facility between 1937 and 1938 . Seven feet tall ( 2.1 m ) , weighing 265 pounds ( 120.2 kg ) , humanoid in appearance , he could walk by voice command , speak about 700 words ( using a 78 - rpm record player ) , smoke cigarettes , blow up balloons , and move his head and arms . Elektro 's body consisted of a steel gear , cam and motor skeleton covered by an aluminum skin . His photoelectric `` eyes '' could distinguish red and green light . He was on exhibit at the 1939 New York World 's Fair and reappeared at that fair in 1940 , with `` Sparko '' , a robot dog that could bark , sit , and beg to humans . </P>
in 1938 westinghouse created elektro . what was elektro
in 1938 westinghouse created elektro . what was elektro
a robot
a robot