1958 – Mobile Remote Servo-manipulator – Ray Goertz et al (American)

Mobile Remote Servo-manipulator. Caption: Robot Demonstrations Of The Atomic Age: Many onlookers – including schoolboys were thrilled by the robot "hands" – dealings with a variety of tasks on one of the stands at the Geneva Atomic Exhibition. The "almost human hands" are used in dealing with radio-active materials behind protective walls and are controlled …

1954 – ElectroMechanical Manipulator – Ray Goertz (American)

1954 – ElectroMechanical Manipulator by Ray Goertz (pictured) An early experimental model – this one also showing the head-mount camera controller Brussels Exhibition – US Pavillion demo. Model E4a Slave unit. Diagram by Goertz showing the various control modes of Master-Slave arms. Patent information: Publication number    US2846084 A Publication date    Aug 5, 1958 Filing date   …