The Proud Robot by Lewis Padgett:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas

Amusing story describes an inventor who works best while drunk and a complex robot with a surprisingly simple function. See if you can guess it from this illustration:


(The Proud Robot)

Select an invention:

Plastibulb
A squeezable drink container.

Pneumo-Slacks
Pants that make you look beefier.

Vastening
It's hard to describe, but it's a robotic sense perception.

 

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