DC-2: The First Robot Ever 'Arrested'
12,039In 1982, the DC-2 robot was making headlines for everything from participating in legal protests, to serving drinks in the Playboy Mansion, to being apprehended by the Beverly Hills Police Department in what was likely the first robot “arrest” ever. What happened?
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"Nautical 2" by Loscil
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"Anekbah Theme"
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Downtown Alley 1, Particle Emission 2, Smooth Deal
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"Twin Shine"
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● Sources for this episode's info:
http://www.theoldrobots.com/android3.html
http://www.theoldrobots.com/images17/DC-2.pdf
http://mit-a.com/robots.shtml
https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/was-this-the-first-robot-ever-arrested-1524686968
http://www.recordnet.com/news/20170930/fitzgerald-present-for-hugh-hefner
https://www.newspapers.com/profile/LGRYT/clippings
https://archive.org/stream/Infoworld-1983-01-24#page/n17
https://archive.org/details/softside-magazine-51
https://archive.org/details/80-microcomputing-magazine-1981-09
https://archive.org/stream/SERVOMagazine2004-05/Servo%202004-05#page/n35/
https://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/18/photos-today-in-history-august-18/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0601758/
http://www.thebetamaxrundown.com/covergirl-1984/
https://books.google.com/books?id=FB-yg7s9bF0C
https://the-eye.eu/public/concen.org/Texe%20Marrs%20-%20Robot%20Alchemy%20%5Bpack%5D/ebooks/PDF/Robot%20Alchemy%20-%20Texe%20Marrs.pdf
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/the-quasar-industries-robot/#mmGal
https://plus.google.com/u/0/103955811256711114875
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5018930
http://science70.tumblr.com/image/174060326159
https://www.csmonitor.com/1982/0331/033137.html
https://www.diecast.org/diecast98/html/asp/forums/lounge/viewMessage.asp?id=114316&start=114288
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13818873/how-johnny-cashs-friendship-with-a-folsom-inmate-tested-his-beliefs
https://www.vqronline.org/vqr-gallery/folsom-prison-blues
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