When they needed a helping hand in orbit, astronauts could count on NASA’s reliable Robonaut. Diane Tedeschi Robonaut 1A was a test unit in the robotics lab at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Elektro, a robot built in the late 1930s at the Westinghouse Plant in Mansfield, has been returned to the Weeks family. The robot will be displayed at the North Central Ohio Industrial Museum inside ...