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 …

2010 – Walking Boat – Andrew Baldwin (British)

See Andrew Baldwin's website here http://www.andrewbaldwin.co.uk/. 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 working metal are what motivates him to create his outlandish mechanical marvels. Among his creations is a truly poetic life-size sculpture …

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 …

1965 – “The Friendly Grey Computer, Star Gauge Model 54” – Edward Kienholz (American)

The Friendly Grey Computer, Star Gauge Model 54 Motor-driven assemblage: painted aluminum rocking chair, metal case, two instrument boxes with dials, plastic case containing yellow and blue lights, panel with numbers, bell, "rocker switch," pack of index cards, directions for operation, light switch, telephone receiver, doll's legs, 40 x 391/8 x 24 1/2";  on aluminum …

1928 – “Gakutensoku” Pneumatic Writing Robot – Makoto Nishimura (Japanese)

Gakutensoku (學天則, Japanese for "learning from the laws of nature"), the first robot to be built in Japan, was created in Osaka in 1928. The robot was designed and manufactured by biologist and botanist Makoto Nishimura (1883-1956). Nishimura had served as a professor at Hokkaido Imperial University, studied Marimo and was an editorial adviser to …