a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
In 1824, Gompertz became a founding member of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) which later became the RSPCA. He acted for many years as the president of the society prior to resigning for reasons that may have been connected to his radical views or to his Judaism. He went on …
March 15,1966 "The Torun Robot" – Torun, Poland, is famous for the Gingerbread Man and now a robot. Marian Jasnoch, a young electrical engineer has been working on this robot since 1962. The robot can answer a phone, convey a few simple sentences, record messages, nurse a baby, clean a room, Bake a cake in …
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TUMBLING EXPLORER, or TEX, was an early design conceived by Space General. It resembles an oyster shell and is extremely manoeuverable. It could be dropped from an unmanned spacecraft ready for action. A TV camera is contained in each panel and operates on radio command. The three illustrations above illustrate the way in which the …
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Copied from N55 WALKING HOUSE homesite, see here. manual for WALKING HOUSE WALKING HOUSE, Copenhagen 2008 Introduction: WALKING HOUSE is a modular dwelling system that enables persons to live a peaceful nomadic life, moving slowly through the landscape or cityscape with minimal impact on the environment. It collects energy from its surroundings using solar cells and …
USEFUL ROBOTS US Patent number: 3522859 – see here for full patent details. Filing date: Jan 22, 1968 Issue date: Aug 4, 1970 First filed in Great Britain 26 Jan 1967 Model of Centipede. The 'centipede' In the first model (Fig. 6.15(a) above) of the centipede the sprung legs were operated with two chains, one …
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