Robot Patient Gets a Check-Up: Jury Roberts Pen-and-Ink Sci-Fi Cartoon

Echoing the comedic robot satire found in Karel Čapek's R.U.R. and its many pulp-era derivatives, this wry pen-and-ink cartoon depicts a balding scientist or physician bending forward with magnifying glass in hand, peering intently into the open chest panel of a stoic, humanoid robot. Medical or engineering tools — a bag, screwdriver, and coiled wire — lay scattered at their feet. The image winks at the blurring boundary between mechanic and doctor in a world of living machines.