He stands, sits, walks, talks, turns, twists, wiggles his ears and even on occasion shows his teeth in a vicious gesture. Such is the mechanical man, known as Eric Robot, now being exhibited at the Tremont Temple in Boston.
Asked if he believed in prohibition, the Robot answered "I don't know, when does it start?" Among other items of information accumulated in this human machine are the times of arrival and departure of all Boston-New York trains. The inventor even claims the ability to evoke after slight training a correct Harvard pose and accent, if desired.
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