Meet Able Mabel, the incredible robotic housekeeper, whose only function is to make your life more leisurely. She'll make your tea (milk, no sugar thanks), run your bath, make your bed, do the vacuuming, shine your shoes, dust your ornaments, cook your dinner and do the dishes afterwards, walk the dog, mind the baby, do the shopping, check the bill from your Paris dress designer (we've all got one), mix cocktails, answer the door, defend your property from burglars and even do that most soul-crushing chore of all, the ironing. Yours for just £500.
Too good to be true? Well in 1966 it is, but if Professor Thring at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Queen Mary College has his way, by 1976 there could be an Able Mabel in every home. He shows us some of the robotic prototypes he has been working on.
This clip is from Tomorrow's World, originally broadcast 16 June, 1966.
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