a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
Humaniform automatons, mechanical men, robots covering late 19th century and the 20th century
Mr. Ryo [Ryo-Kun] on display after his restoration. Ryo-Kun during restoration at the Kanagawa Institute of Technology in Japan in 2008. The robot's left arm follows the X-Y directions from a master arm seen here at the base being guided by a person. Close-up of the drawing hand. Close-up of the master arm. I do …
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Mr. Atomic is an Aizawa robot that was in an exhibition in 1968. It draws (and/or writes) with its right hand/arm, and rubber stamps with the left. Mr. Atomic may not be it's real name, but is the name on its shoulder. See the full Jiro Aizawa story here .
l Mr. Juro [å郎ã¯] was 'born' in 1967. "Juro" means "ten" in Japanese, so he was most likely the 10th brother. Here he greets and counts (via numbers displayed on Nixie tubes) visitors to the Science and Technology Museum in Tokyo. See the full Jiro Aizawa story here .
The above image is cropped from a larger image showing 3 other brothers. This robot is named Mr Fugio in that image's caption. [Source: Robert Malone Robots] The caption from a 2010 Japanese catalogue reads (after translation): Three mid-size robot brothers Fujio [富士夫], Saburo [三郎], Kuro [ä¹éƒŽ]. These robots look very similar. The middle robot …
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An early picture of Mr. Shinsuk [Shinsuk-Kun]. Note: I have not fully confirmed that this robot is called Mr. Shinsuk. Aizawa did a makeover on many of his robots, making matching of them from old photographs difficult at times, to the point one believes they're looking at a different robot altogether. The images here show …
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