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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)
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