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Summary

The "tin soldiers" of the Great War were crude machines, capable of little more than advancing in a straight line and shooting whoever lay in front of them. But after the war, automatons became more and more advanced, and though the Depression was a great setback, the outbreak of a new war provided a renewed impetus for development. By 1943, Alan Turing's team at Bletchley Park had developed the "Eleanor", the first automaton to pass his eponymous test, and they played crucial roles in the war effort as switchboard operators, typists, pilots, drivers, radio operators, and more. Sadly, most were scrapped after the end of the war, but a few were saved by their maintenance crews and tried to adjust to civilian life...

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