a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
Teleoperations and robotics: evolution and development Jean Vertut, Philippe Coiffet – 1986 J.J. Kessis at the University of Paris VII developed an interesting vehicle with six articulated legs, with a pantograph, allowing coordination to be carried out mechanically in the plane of the leg. The high compliance of the chassis is required for turning and …
Gaston Decamps participated also in the International Exhibition of 1937, creating with his friend Paul Durand, the "Professeur Arcadius" for the Pavilion of the Toy. New Scientist 12th Apr 1962 Another modern automaton, this time a writer, is known as Professor Arcadius. He was built by M M. Durand and Decamps and can write a number …
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Interface Age article pdf here BOOK REVIEW from early KIM magazine TITLE: How to build a computer controlled robot AUTHOR: Tod Loofbourrow PUBLISHER: Hayden Book Co. #5681-8 $7.95 If youre looking for a book which presents a nuts and bolts approach to robot construction–you'll want to look at this book! The author starts …
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ENTROPY— BUILDING A ROBOT FROM SCRATCH Gene Oldfield, began building his first major homebrew robot around 1976. Entropy, as it was called, was a mobile, three-wheeled robot powered by a car battery. A KIM single-board computer was interfaced to the sensors and relays by only seven microchips, which means that most of the processing was …
Extract from the book "Everyone Can Build a Robot Book " by Gene Oldfield and Kendra Bonnet, 1984. "The concept behind the Moth is very simple. When you turn on the robot in a dark room, the photocells have a high resistance rate that blocks the flow of electricity. The Moth does not move. When …
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