[HN Gopher] Bioelektrycznosc - Polish Robotics (1968) [video] ___________________________________________________________________ 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) (HTM) web link (www.youtube.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.youtube.com) | 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 | [deleted] ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-10-20 23:00 UTC)