[HN Gopher] Bioelektrycznosc - Polish Robotics (1968) [video]
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       Bioelektrycznosc - Polish Robotics (1968) [video]
        
       I'm curious what was the state of an art in robotics area in 60s in
       different countries, feel free to post links to videos and
       pictures.  Here is my country - Poland:
       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjrYk546uBA
        
       Author : danielEM
       Score  : 66 points
       Date   : 2021-10-20 19:11 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | simonblack wrote:
       | Robotics?? What dat?? (Australia)
        
         | tuatoru wrote:
         | It was great! At home we had semi-automatic washing machines,
         | and laundry dryers and ovens with timers on them. Some people
         | had central heating with thermostats, too.
         | 
         | And there were automatic lifts (elevators, for US-ians) in
         | office buildings and department stores--just press the button
         | to go to your floor. Amazing!
        
       | danielEM wrote:
       | I'm curious what was the state of an art in robotics area in 60s
       | in different countries, feel free to post links to videos and
       | pictures.
       | 
       | Here is my country - Poland:
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjrYk546uBA
        
         | dang wrote:
         | Posts without URLs get penalized, so I put your link in the URL
         | field above and moved your original text to the thread.
        
           | danielEM wrote:
           | Thanks!
        
       | abraxas wrote:
       | Awesome blast from the past. I wonder if this was ever featured
       | on the legendary Polish TV program called "Sonda" (English title
       | would "The Probe")? "Sonda" was a great pop-science show when
       | those were much more science and much less pop. Just two dudes
       | sitting and discussing new and future technology and its
       | implications.
       | 
       | Damn, I miss "Sonda" so much and this clip took me right down
       | that memory lane.
       | 
       | Here's the amazingly great intro music clip from the start of
       | that show
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHT8u52bSVE&ab_channel=Dukat...
        
         | heyitsme wrote:
         | I was just a kid in the 80s, but indeed remember watching
         | "Sonda" - it was fantastic! Going through some episodes now on
         | youtube, does bring back memories. There was another show in
         | the late 80s called "Blizej swiata" (English: "Closer to the
         | World"), which would run for an hour or so on a Sunday night
         | and show snippets from western tv shows. The contrast to the
         | (usually) very bleak communist Polish TV, was striking. For me,
         | back then, watching both of these shows felt like looking
         | through a window into a different world.
        
         | RicoElectrico wrote:
         | The best thing about Sonda was that one of the hosts took a
         | position on the episode's theme, and the other - an opposite
         | one, even if just for the sake of discourse.
        
         | q3k wrote:
         | You might enjoy this: https://archive.org/details/sonda
        
         | baal80spam wrote:
         | > "The Proble"
         | 
         | Typolice: I'm pretty sure you meant "The Probe"
        
           | abraxas wrote:
           | Yep, fixed
        
         | scyzoryk_xyz wrote:
         | Yes! Though Sonda was the early 80's no?
         | 
         | Sonda definitely had little oversight and no screenwriting, but
         | it was very honest and well intentioned in that old school
         | Polish-Socialist Politechnika Engineer sort of way. Definitely
         | a breath of fresh air, even today. Makes one wonder if this was
         | the same in other Socialist Republics or was unique to Poland.
        
           | abraxas wrote:
           | I'm sure they had something. However, I never heard from any
           | other geek from the socialist bloc mention any show that had
           | the cult following of Sonda among us, Poles.
        
       | mirekrusin wrote:
       | Grabs pack of fags on demo - classic.
        
         | pndy wrote:
         | Cigs pack was probably at hand and back then wrapped in thin
         | paper it was soft enough to train with such tech; I wouldn't
         | expect the arm would be able to proudly pick and carry the PZPR
         | standard right away. I still wonder how this was done - it
         | moves really smooth
         | 
         | Besides, pretty sure that's still a valid term for cigarettes
         | in the UK so please hold your angry clicks folks
        
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