The Los Angeles native also created also created the robot Tobor. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Kinoshita died Dec. 9 at a nursing care facility in Torrance, Calif., family friend Mike Clark told ...

The robots are 1960s-era promotional materials named "TOBOR" (Robot spelled backward). Equipped with an 8-track and motion sensor, the robots were leased to stores and malls. When someone walked ...

This story-driven game invites players to step into the shoes of Tobor, a spy robot from RA Corporation, tasked with observing the inhabitants of 'Undercroft' through a surveillance system. The game ...

We’re very sorry. (Just kidding, if you have a robot to show off drop a link in the comments!) Like “The Hand of Man”, TOBOR started out as a disembodied arm that could pick things up.

Their robots were some of the first ones that Lego made,” Panowicz said. The robotics team, also known by its competition name “Tobor,” robot spelled backwards, is funded by a grant through ...

In examining the history of famous robots, you’d be forgiven for overlooking a 1950s children’s toy named Robert. Robert the Robot, who was a product of the once-mighty Ideal Toy Company ...