a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
See pdf here VIDEO CLIP You will need to register (free) and login to http://www.movietone.com/ , then search for the following: Film Title: A LIVIN' DOLL Card Title: THE LIVIN DOLL Location: London, England Date: 25/07/1960 Length: 51 secs Story Number: 80678 Description: This is "Rainbow", the radio-controlled doll, seen here beside the basement …
Read More “1961 – “Rainbow” the Radio-Controlled Doll – A.M. Atton (British)”
THE TELEKINE (or Telekino in Spanish) Torres Quevedo started to develop the idea of a remote control around 1901 or 1902, as a way of testing his airships without risking human lives. He was the first person to lay down the modern remote control operation principles, which he expressed in a prototype that he patented …
Read More “1902 – Telekine (Telekino) – Leonardo Torres Quevedo (Spanish)”
Tesla – The Electric Mind 2-2 Model Model Patent number: 613809 (see full patent here) Filing date: Jul 1, 1898 Issue date: Nov 1898 In September 1898, Tesla demonstrates his radio-controlled torpedo boat at Madison Square Garden in Ney York City. (Popular Science July 1956). From Miessner's book "On the Early History of Radio Guidance", published in …
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Height : 1m (3.2 ft) Electric motor operated Radio remote controlled Sound produced by tape recorder Unique piece Private collection Radio-controlled gilt (gold leaf gilding) resin whisky table with agate tray. Arthur comes and welcomes visitors carrying tumblers and a whisky decanter in its tray while moving its neck, mouth, wings, and claws and making …
Read More “1967 – “Arthur” R/C Robot Dragon – Jacques Monestier (French)”
A Radio Controlled, Reversible, Steam Powered Christmas Pudding Is "the Pud" an earlier form of the "Crabfu" type of machine?