a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
A catalogue of Cybernetic Animals, including pre-Cybernetic Creatures
elektor june 75 M. Keul and H. Lohr the moth This is a design for a simple cybernetic model, based on an electric toy car, that will be attracted towards a light source like a moth, negotiating obstacles in its path. The car has two motors, one to propel it and one for the steering …
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elektor june 75 beetle Beetles, tortoises and the like have often served as models for cybernetic machines which must also have a reasonable appearance. The beetle described in this article can 'see, hear and feel' and reacts to information in the form of sounds and movements. The animal has a memory and can get tired. …
In my earlier post on the "Electric Dog" by Miessner and Hammond (here), I commented on some uncertainty regarding Miessner's and Hammond's relationship together, and as to whether or not there may have been another dog built. This was as a result of how the newspaper and magazine articles were reporting on the "electric dog". …
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"CYCLOPS" (CYbernetically Controlled Light Oriented and Powered System) , built by L. C. Galitz as a construction project for The Radio Constructor [later renamed to Radio & Electronics Constructor from Jan 1973 onwards]. Cyclops is one of the last construction projects for a fully featured cybernetic model subscribing to the conditioned reflex approach to a 'learning …
XEE -pdf Practical Electronics June-July 1971 Practical Electronics June-July 1971 XEE HERE! An animal approximation utilising integrated circuits to process optical and tactile sensing together with a random control to give reasonable lifelike responses. By G. Brown There has been a considerable amount of correspondence relating to "electronic animals" following the earlier series on Bionics …
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