Roberta the Robot (1965)
New Yorkers passing by E.J. Korvette’s department store on May 17, 1965 may have noticed a curious thing in the window: a robot showing off the latest contraptions for sale. Or was it?
The potential customers outside could pick up a phone and ask questions about the items inside, all while “Roberta the robot” was demonstrating products. But Roberta was just a human dressed up like a robot, not unlike Miss Honeywell, who would come into existence just a few years later.
