http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=It%27s_Charmer_KarmelionIt's Charmer Karmelion - Revision history2026-05-01T00:34:19ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.0http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?title=It%27s_Charmer_Karmelion&diff=12788&oldid=prevJohn Lavalie: Created page with "{{article | publication = Daily Star | file = 1984-10-30 Daily Star.jpg | px = 450 | height = | width = | date = 1984-10-30 | author = | pages = 9 | language = English | t..."2016-01-18T23:34:16Z<p>Created page with "{{article | publication = Daily Star | file = 1984-10-30 Daily Star.jpg | px = 450 | height = | width = | date = 1984-10-30 | author = | pages = 9 | language = English | t..."</p>
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ROBOTS shot to superstar-dom when Star Wars and the sci-fi blockbusters hit the cinema.<br />
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Tiny R2D2 and his mate C3P0 became as famous a double act as Laurel and Hardy.<br />
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But like most of their screen predecessors they were both played by actors.<br />
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Graphic designer, Chris Padmore, built the only real robot ever to be used in Dr. Who.<br />
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Karmelion, a 7ft. tall, silver robot, looks like an all-powerful, super human.<br />
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He has eyes which follow you around the room and remark-able, flowing, human-like arm, and neck movements.<br />
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His lips, made of latex rubber, are synchronised to a tape recording of a human voice.<br />
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But Karmelion's biggest drawback is that he can't walk.<br />
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"That is probably the most difficult thing for a robot," says Chris.<br />
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He spent seven years developing the technology for Karmelion and put him together in four weeks.<br />
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"I wanted to make a robot that looked and moved like a real person," says Chris, who runs his company, CP Cybernetics, from his home in Oxford.<br />
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"Karmelion is one of only a handful of self-contained, self-activating robots in this country.<br />
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"He didn't even need me in the studio with him when he was working."<br />
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Caption: Karmelion ... the perfect man about the house<br />
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Spelling correction: Kamelion.<br />
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