a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
Humaniform automatons, mechanical men, robots covering late 19th century and the 20th century
[cyberneticzoo: Dec 2014]- Tinker the Robot lives! One of my favourite robots from all time has been found and will be cleaned-up over the next few months. Initially he was thought to have been scrapped. Thanks to Paul Weston, Dennis Weston's grandson by his first marriage, for the news and photo. Tinker, a remote-controlled robot, …
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I first saw this robot on the cover of Tihamér Nemes book on Cybernetic Machines (German edition 1967). I assumed it to be a toy. It wasn't until I found the video clip that I realized it was a full-size humanoid. Other than that, I know little about this robot. The robot uses a gliding …
See video clip showing both of the "Electric Actors" in motion, amongst other assemblages. SPARE PART ART Your browser does not support iframes. "Electric Man Mark I" as he was in June 2009 when I visited Bruce along with David Buckley who joined me on my 'old robot' pilgrimage. The units on the left are …
I know very little about this Chinese robot. It is the first full-size humanoid robot I have seen from China. The video clip is found here. You will need to register first (for free), then login. Search for "1961 14 8" including the quotation marks. The clip is titled UN ROBOT CHINOIS CONSTRUIT PAR DES JEUNES. …
"MM7" on the left, Claus Scholz in the middle and "MM8" on the right. Scholz made MM7 between 1957-8 and finished with MM9 in 1973, so I believe. The MM7 Selektor human machine is the development for which the international scientist Scholz-Nauendorff, nicknamed the "Viennese father of robots", is best known. Designed as a means of …
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