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Warehouse Robot - Closer Than We Think, April 1958
(lemmy.today)
He predicted Amazon! Almost.
The April 27, 1958 edition of the Sunday comic strip Closer Than We Think by Arthur Radebaugh ran in newspapers throughout the U.S. and showed people of the 1950s a glimpse of the robot-driven world to come.
Titled, “Robot Warehouses” the strip features red metal robots whirring about with packages and small trailers. In this world, the robot is man’s helpful friend.
The comic strip explains that, “manpower shortages in the future may require mechanized handling of the necessities of life -- food, clothing, building components and so on. As the population grows, the size of storage facilities will have to keep pace.”
