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Way to go, robot!, Mike Eckert, production manager for Hobart Brothers of Canada, shows off his company's hot new robot, which can arc weid patterns o(...)
Way to go, robot!, Mike Eckert, production manager for Hobart Brothers of Canada, shows off his company's hot new robot, which can arc weid patterns o(...)

Way to go, robot!, Mike Eckert, production manager for Hobart Brothers of Canada, shows off his company's hot new robot, which can arc weid patterns o(...)

Date5/1/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Way to go; robot!; Mike Eckert; production manager for Hobart Brothers of Canada; shows off his company's hot new robot; which can arc weid patterns on to steel plates. The robot is doing its thing at the National Production Show at Exhibition Place's Coliseum Complex until tomorrow.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0013633F
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