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"NamJunePaikandShuyaAbecreatedoneofthefirstartrobots.RobotK456with20ChannelRadioControland10
ChannelDataRecorder,1965,wasan
anthropomorphicautomatonwhosealuminiumskeletonwasfancifullydecoratedwithapairofspongerubberfalsies,
suggestingagenderedhumanity."[1]
"Therobotwaspurposebuiltforstreetactions,inwhichitwassupposedtominglemoreorlessinconspicuously
withbypassers,asPaikrecounts:'Iimagineditwouldmeetpeopleonthestreetandgivethemasplitsecondsurprise.
Likeasuddenshower.'"[2]
"In1971,ontheoccasionofPaiksretrospectiveattheWhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt,RobotK456,whichbythen
hadenteredthemuseumscollection,enactedamemorableworkofperformanceart.StrollingdownMadisonAvenue
beforeaneageraudience,therobotwasbroadsidedbyataxicab,astagedeventPaikreferredtoasTheFirstAccident
ofthe21stCentury."[1]
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[1]EdwardA.Shanken,ArtandEelectronicMedia,p.38
[2]http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/works/robotk456/

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