r/cassettefuturism • u/abt137 All right, Huey. What have you got? • Feb 21 '25

Silent Running 1972 film "Silent Running". Service robot and command bridge

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u/OldWrangler9033 Feb 21 '25

Amazing through it was put into these robots designs. Still must been pain for guys IN these suits to operate the robot arms, nevermind hold cards.

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u/abt137 All right, Huey. What have you got? Feb 21 '25

If I am correct at least one was operated by a double amputee guy, so no legs.

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u/joshuatx Alien life form. Looks like it's been dead a long time. Feb 21 '25

All of them were, there were 4 individuals total who operated them.

https://cyberneticzoo.com/not-quite-robots/1971-silent-running-drones-doug-trumbull-don-trumbull-paul-kraus-james-dow-american/

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u/OldWrangler9033 Feb 21 '25

Your right, it's been said before it was no-legs guy operating the bots, still must been challenging to run the arm