Thodar the Robot

THODAR the ROBOT

Invented by your host in 1954 during his senior year of High School

Said to be the First Wireless - Remote Controlled Robot

Now lives in retirement in the 1835 Grist Mill Building

Weighs 282 Pounds

Spent most of his life in school as the teacher's pet!

Scrapbook pictures of Thodar construction progress.

Pictures taken in our Brooklyn alley

Circa 1954-55

Thodar, being used as a teaching aid in the shop class of Bellmore Junior High School, Long Island, NY

Circa 1959

See story as told on TV

"Robot inventor speaks out about his journey"

Updated: 02/11/2008 09:36 PM
By: Mark Repasky

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04.03.2008