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2002-12 – Walking Machines and Robotic Sculptures – Andrew Baldwin (British)

Walking Fish Walking Bird "Boadicea" Walking woman with Chariot - see here. Walking Boat. See here. Exploding Man Clockwork Woman   Baldwinisms from Andrew Baldwin on Vimeo. Andrew Baldwin trained as a Master Blacksmith and Welder and worked as such for 28 years. His interest in Victorian engineering, his limitless…
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2010 – Walking Boat – Andrew Baldwin (British)

See Andrew Baldwin's website here http://www.andrewbaldwin.co.uk/. Andrew Baldwin trained as a Master Blacksmith and Welder and worked as such for 28 years. His interest in Victorian engineering, his limitless imagination and his aptitude for working metal are what motivates him to create his outlandish mechanical marvels. Among his creations is…
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Early Pneumatic, Fluidic and Inflatable Robots

This page contains a timeline showing Early Pneumatic, Fluidic and Inflatable Robots. If image is clickable, then a blog post exists for it. Check out the updates page for recent posts. Pneumatic Robots 1875- "Psycho" Card Playing Automaton  1928 - "Gakutensoku" by Makoto Nishimura  1957-8 - Joe McKibben "Artificial Muscle"  Early Pneumatic Actuator…
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2002c – “Boadicea” Walking Chariot – Andrew Baldwin – (British)

"Boadicea" walks very well at around 2 mph carrying anyone that can fit in the chariot.  It is well over-powered with a slow-running English Lister diesel engine chuffing away inside the woman's belly from whence profuse clouds of billowing smoke emerge whether out of the engine needing a rebore or, more…
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1965 – “The Friendly Grey Computer, Star Gauge Model 54” – Edward Kienholz (American)

The Friendly Grey Computer, Star Gauge Model 54 Motor-driven assemblage: painted aluminum rocking chair, metal case, two instrument boxes with dials, plastic case containing yellow and blue lights, panel with numbers, bell, "rocker switch," pack of index cards, directions for operation, light switch, telephone receiver, doll's legs, 40 x 391/8…
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1928 – “Gakutensoku” Pneumatic Writing Robot – Makoto Nishimura (Japanese)

Gakutensoku (學天則, Japanese for "learning from the laws of nature"), the first robot to be built in Japan, was created in Osaka in 1928. The robot was designed and manufactured by biologist and botanist Makoto Nishimura (1883-1956). Nishimura had served as a professor at Hokkaido Imperial University, studied Marimo and…
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2000 – Six Legged Bicycle – Pete Beeman (American)

Six Legged Bicycle This piece is built to ride like a bicycle, but pedaling walks the six legs, instead of turning wheels, for forward motion. Somewhere between riding a bicycle and a horse. See video here  Fabrication: Pete Beeman Engineering: Pete Beeman Date: 2000 Dimensions: 5' deep, 4' wide, 4' high Materials: aluminum, steel, wood, mechanics. [Source: All…
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2011 – “Iron Stallion” and other Mechanical Walking Machines – Carter Sharer (American)

Iron Stallion (Pedal Horse) Carter's linkages remind me somewhat of Alzetta's 1933 horse.  Longer legs, a more powerful motor, lower centre of gravity, steering and one could ride this machine bicycle-like. You start and stop with the person's feet touching the surface of the road. The ride would be a bit…
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2003 – Robo-Donkey – Christiaan Zwanikken (Dutch-Portugese)

2003 - Robo-Donkey - Christiaan Zwanikken (Netherlands-born) Robotic donkey drives ancient Islamic irrigation system Robotic Donkey drives Moorish water wheel from christiaan zwanikken on Vimeo. Donkey work [Source here] It is an ambitious project to reconstruct all the original features of an irrigation system that, 400 years ago, watered a…
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1993 – Human-Powered Walking Machine – CSERNY Márton (Hungarian)

CSERNY Márton Márton is from Budapest, Hungary.  His human-powered walking machine is novel in that the front legs do not pull the cart, but are pushed by the pedals, chain and sprocket.  The pedaling action also rocks the 'hip', which raises and swings each free-swinging leg in turn.  Video Akció…
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1964 – Painting Machine(s) – “Larry Flint” (American)

In the movie "What A Way To Go!", "Larry Flint" creates painting machines to produce his abstract art. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rps9NZPesh4#t=2696s Plot This lavishly produced, big-budget comedy (it cost $20 million in 1964 dollars) stars Shirley MacLaine as Louisa, a widow who is worth $200 million dollars. However, she's convinced that her…
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1950c – NERISSA Artificial Nerve – W. Grey Walter (British)

NERISSA.- A Nerve Excitation, Inhibition and Synaptic Analogue. This demonstrates particularly the relationship between the various parameters of nervous action such as finite propagation rate, excitation threshold, all-or-none conduction, strength-duration curves of excitability, refractory periods, Wedensky synaptic facilitation and inhibition, inhibitory escape and rebound, transmission of information by pulse interval…
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W. Grey Walter’s Tortoises – Self-recognition and Narcissism

Self-recognition and the Mirror Dance [Image source: An Imitation of Life,  Scientific American, May 1950, p42-45.] 7 . Self-recognition. The machines are fitted with a small flash-lamp bulb in the head which is turned off automatically whenever the photo-cell receives an adequate light signal. When a mirror or white surface…
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