While scanning the web for other instances of the name Elsie, I found an interesting pair of AI robots built around 1949.
Grey Walter built robot tortoises capable of seeking out sources of light sources. They moved around obstacles to get closer to a light bulb. The first two robots were named Elsie and Elmer.
You can see them in action by following their trails in time-lapse photography.
There is a history of these robots at The Walter Grey Online Archive.
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