1972-5 – TAIR Autonomous Robot – Amosov (Russian)

    The “Bible” of the Biocybernetics Department dnipt.irtc.org.ua/history.html In 1964 Nikolai Mikhailovitch Amosov formulated a hypothesis on the information processing mechanisms of the human brain. Within this hypothesis he expressed his system-level observations on the brain’s structure and the mechanisms that are made operational by a human’s mental functions. Of principal importance was the …

1965 – Cybernetic Dog – (Russian)

Простая кибернетика Автор:Е. Копытов, Ð’. Салов, Т. Шорикова Название:Простая кибернетика Издательство:Молодая гвардия Год:1965 ———————- Simple cybernetics Author: E. Kopytov, V. Salov, T. Shorikova Title: A simple cybernetics Publisher: Young Guard Year: 1965 See pdf Thanks to Waldemar DekaÅ„ski  from Poland for locating the source for this Cybernetic Dog.

1958 – “Tortilla” Cybernetic Tortoise – (Ukraine)

Fig. 38. Schematic of the charge, voltage conversion, the element changes tropism and chain contact device "turtle" "Tortilla". Fig. 39. Schematic of extreme search direction of the "turtle" "Tortilla". Fig. 40. Schematic of reaction "turtle" "Tortilla" with the whistle. Information and images courtesy Waldemar DekaÅ„ski from Poland (January 2010). Hello Reuben! I'm sending you Tortilla …

1976 – “Buster” Robot Animal – David L. Heiserman (American)

Although built using a child's electric car as the chassis, the fully functional Buster was a true Cybernetic Animal, showing reflexes, phototropism, and hunger / recharging modes. He could operate totally autonomously if so desired, but had manual overrides via a remote panel or remote control via an acoustic adapter. No CPU chips here. Op-amps, …