a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
1890 – Crustacean Diving Dress by Col. William Carey. Source: English Mechanic and World of Science – Volume 53, 1891 – Page 351 Col. William Carey, C. B., late R.A., the “crustacean diving dress,” which he has protected by [Great Britain] patents 3083, 4467, and 6494 [6431?] of 1890, in which he shows how the …
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WHEEL FOR ROAD-ENGINES by RESCUE B. PAGE Patent number: 442780 Filing date: May 29, 1890 Issue date: Dec 16, 1890 See full patent here. Fresno Morning Republican 18 Oct 1889 p3 R. B. Page's Legs They Will Carry the Heaviest Load With Ease STEAM WILL URGE THEM ON A Fresno Man's Invention of a Remarkable Wagon That …
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Nicholas Yagn, of St.Petersburg, Russia, designed a set of walking, jumping, and running assisted apparatus from 1889-1890. An earlier version used a giant bow spring. The final version used compressed gas bags to store the energy. An example of a passive and human-powered exoskeleton . Patent number: 440684 Filing date: Feb 11, 1890 Issue date: Nov 1890 See …
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“Electric Man” – George R. Moore, a then seventy-year-old retired miller of LowelL Mass., USA. [Note: The author believes that George R. Moore of Lowell, Mass., is not the same person as Professor George Moore, the Canadian “inventor” of the more well known “Steam Man”.] Walking Automaton – Patent # 454,570 granted June 23, 1891 …
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