1991/2002 – Floorbotics Robotic Vacuum Cleaners – G. T. Duncan Ashworth (Australian)

The FloorBot is a robotic floor cleaner for the home. It's designed to automatically clean the floor while you relax, get a little exercise, or just head off for work. Press the start button and the FloorBot cleans in logical laps while sensing and navigating any obstacles in the area. When the FloorBot has finished …

1994 – Profi Bionic – Fischertechnik (German)

The 6 models one can construct with this set. Source: Profi Instruction pdf here. Box cover. Source: Fischertechnik Online Museum here. The gait pattern for each of the models.   (Google translation from German) The new computing box 'Bionic Robots' builds on the 1994  PROFI  ' I'm walking' set . New in this case is that …

1994 – Inflatable Robot – Patricia Dombiak (Ben-Horin) et al (Israeli)

A Six Degrees-of-Freedom parallel inflatable robot. Patricia Dombiak (Ben-Horin), Moshe Shoham and Gershon Grossman. Little is known about this robot. It was built as part of her Masters Thesis. P. Ben-Horin, M.Sc., "A Six Degrees-of-Freedom Parallel Robot with Three Planarly Actuated Links", 1994. Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical engineering, The Kahn …