TECH WORLD STUNNED. EARLY FORM OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - FAMED 1970S ROBOT - EMERGES AFTER 50 YEARS - HEADS TO AUCTION

NEW YORK, May 18, 2026 — Decades before AI, a Bronx school had a curious device that contained encyclopedic and curricular information, verbally addressed students by name, adjusted its teaching speed based on each child's needs, knew their hobbies, and made kids smile ear to ear. The kids loved the robot; some admitted they preferred learning from it over a human!

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LEACHIM teaching fourth-grade students in the Bronx, New York, during the 1970s.

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A current 2025 image of LEACHIM, the pioneering educational robot developed in the 1970s.

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Long before modern AI, students in the Bronx were already learning from LEACHIM, a pioneering classroom robot of the 1970s.

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Historic publications documenting LEACHIM and 2-XL, pioneering milestones in interactive technology.

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A publication featuring Dr. Michael J. Freeman with LEACHIM and 2-XL in the 1970s.

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