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1957 – Hombre FORCYLOR – (Spanish)

Hombre FORCYLOR at a 1960 Trade Exhibition in Barcelona.   "Hombre FORCYLOR" appeared as a promotional robot for a manufacturer of sheets, branded "Forcylor-Trinxet". Source:  ABC (Madrid) 21 Nov 1956 p22 interrogue Vd. al ROBOT...!? todos los días, a partir de mañana, en ALMACENES SIMEON, Pza. Santa Ana, 14 El "Hombre FORCYLOR",…

1964 – “Tree Stomper” – Robert G. LeTourneau (American)

LeTourneau Tree Stomper Model 6-110 of 1964 was a walking vehicle of the same principle of walking draglines. It was used for land clearing job in Dare Country, North Carolina. 120 t, 475 hp Detroit Diesel.   Upper picture from the book 'R.G. LeTourneau Heavy Equipment' by Eric Orleman, Iconografix,…
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1923 – Mávag-Fiat “Mocher Wagen” – (Hungarian)

Scale model of Mávag-Fiat "Mocher Wagen", 1923 with feet propulsion replacing conventional rear wheels. Picture from the review 'Wheels and Tracks' N° 61 about 1998. [ Source: Unusual Off-Road Vehicle Locomotion ] MÁVAG, or Magyar Allami Vas-, Acel-, es Gepgyarak (Hungarian State Iron, Steel and Machine Works), was based in Budapest…
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1967 – RIVET (Remote Inspection VEhicle Telechiric) – Hugh A. Ballinger (British)

Text: Science Journal, October 1968 Special Issue: Machines Like Men Machines with arms  p59 H. A. Ballinger Representing a further class of machines for the radioactive environment is the result of my [Ballinger] own work at Harwell. Some four years ago a study of reports on' criticality' incidents in the…
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1983 – “Tanbo R-1” the Robot Waiter – (Japanese)

The Japanese owner of a Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles has installed a robot waiter because he thinks they are more efficient than his human waitresses. The robot carried trays of food and other orders on March 11 to the waiting customers and was well received by the patrons. One…
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1964 – “Freddie Ford” Promotional Robot – (American)

HXP-022351-2/23/66-CHICAGO:One of features at Auto Show here is the robot at the Ford display. Appropriately named "Freddie Ford," mechanical man answers questions fed to it by curious visitors Robot was formed from Ford car parts & stands 12-feet tall. Model Mary Ann Laurel poses with"Freddie." UPI TELEPHOTO The earliest version…
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1985 – “PAL” (a.k.a. “H.E.N.R.I. VIII”) the Robot – Douglas Trumbull (American)

Above image sourced from Richard Steele . Doug Trumbull, who directed the 1972 sci-fi cult film "Silent Running" and was behind the design of the drones later designed and patented a remote-controlled character called “PAL” which was first used in the Showscan film LET’S GO for the Toshiba Pavilion at Expo ’85 in Tsukuba, Japan.…
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1977 – “Joshua” the wheelchair Robot from “Demon Seed” – (American)

Set in the near-future, this story is about an "artificial intelligence" that wants to break the confines of its "box". Dr. Alex Harris, a computer scientist and his about to be estranged wife Susan, a child psychologist live in a house that's fully computer automated with Alfred, the Enviromod Security…
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1971 – “Silent Running” Drones – Doug Trumbull, Don Trumbull, Paul Kraus & James Dow (American)

Douglas Trumbull with Drone #02, "Huey", in his personal collection at the time. [Starlog] Doug Trumbull talking to the actors inside the Drone suits. Poor quality picture of Doug Turnbull with "Huey" in his office. [Source: The Victoria Advocate, 4 Aug 1977] Early Concept Drawings Drone Concept drawings. The credited…
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2004 – OctArm – Christopher Rahn et al (American)

Penn State Research Team Develops OctArm Soft Robot Manipulator Recent interest in expanding the capabilities of robot manipulators has led to significant research in continuum manipulators. The idea behind these robots is to replace the serial chain of rigid links in conventional manipulators with smooth, continuous, and flexible links. Unlike…
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2011 – “Ant-Roach” – Otherlab (American)

Here is the Otherlab’s 15 foot inflatable walking robot, the Ant-Roach.  We thought this conceptual elephant looked more like a cross between an anteater and a cockroach.  The goal of building the Ant-Roach was to demonstrate the carrying capacity and high strength-to-weight ratios possible with inflatable structures. Comments November 21,…
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2011 – Inflatable Robot Arm and Hand – Otherlab (American)

Otherlab's prototype articulated inflatable robot arm,  is apparently able to lift a person with 50-60 psi even though it weighs only 2 pounds. All pictures and captions sourced from Otherlabs webpage unless noted otherwise. See Otherlabs webpage and other videos here. See other Pneumatic, Fluidic, and Inflatable robots here.
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2010 – Soft Arm – Siddharth Sanan (Otherlab)

Siddharth Sanand: is doing his PhD at the Robotics Institute at CMU. He is interested in making robots soft and safe to enable physical human robot interaction. On the other side, he has been sewing together various ideas on inflatable robots and actuators.  Recently interned at Otherlab. All pictures and…
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2011 – Inflatable Walking Elephant – Otherlab (Saul Griffith)

Pneubot stands for "pneumatic robot", or a robot that is actuated by pneumatic technology. A pneumatic technology involves the use of compressed air to drive mechanical motion. The compressed air can be moved through soft, balloon-like tubes, which allows for both rigidity (when filled) and flexibility (when decompressed or empty).…
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1960 – Cyborg – Kline and Clynes (American and Austrian)

Painting by FRED FREEMAN, originally appearing in the July 11, 1960 issue of LIFE Magazine. The creature unreeling an electric cable as he explores a distant planet is a man prepared for  space as some scientists propose. Electrodes and other attachments would control many of the physical functions normally initiated…
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