1990-2002 – Panasonic Vacuum Cleaning Robot – (Japanese)

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., produces its first patent for a "Self-Running Cleaning Apparatus" in 1990. Publication number US5109566 A . Also published as US5284522 Publication date May 5, 1992 Filing date Jun 28, 1990  Inventors Osamu Eguchi, Yasumichi Kobayashi, Shinji Kondoh, Haruo Terai, Hidetaka Yabuuchi Original Assignee Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Brand names are …

2002-12 – Walking Machines and Robotic Sculptures – Andrew Baldwin (British)

Walking Fish Walking Bird "Boadicea" Walking woman with Chariot – see here. Walking Boat. See here. Exploding Man Clockwork Woman   Baldwinisms from Andrew Baldwin on Vimeo. Andrew Baldwin trained as a Master Blacksmith and Welder and worked as such for 28 years. His interest in Victorian engineering, his limitless imagination and his aptitude for …

2002c – “Boadicea” Walking Chariot – Andrew Baldwin – (British)

"Boadicea" walks very well at around 2 mph carrying anyone that can fit in the chariot.  It is well over-powered with a slow-running English Lister diesel engine chuffing away inside the woman's belly from whence profuse clouds of billowing smoke emerge whether out of the engine needing a rebore or, more likely, it has been run …

2002 – ESA Lunar Rover – (Student concept) – Europe

DATE:25/04/08 SOURCE:Flightglobal.com ESA to undertake lunar rover study By Rob Coppinger   The European Space Agency is offering €500,000 ($786,500) for a pressurised lunar rover (PLR) phase 0/A study to produce a conceptual design, to evaluate its functional, technical and operational requirements and determine its likely cost and development schedule.  ESA envisages a rover with …

2002 – “Gauteng Walker” – Boris Ingram (South African)

Popular Mechanics Nov 2003 (Sth African edition) Walk tall, break a leg. Left: It may not look a thing of beauty, but Boris's Gauteng Walker has been known to go places. Johannesburg engineer Boris Ingram thought it would be fun to design a walking machine. That was before he got started… IT'S a fair bet …