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1961-2 – Cornell Aeronautical Labs Man-Amplifier – Neil Mizen (American)

The below video clip was recently placed on Youtube by Neil Mizen's son.   The person in the video and in the below pics is Ronald J. Patterson, a technician from Cornell Aeronautical Labs at the time. ll Note: The description above incorrectly describes the exoskeleton as having motors. Unfortunately Cornell…
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1966 – “Moonwalker” Disability Walker – Jack Miller / W.C. Baldwin / Brodsky (American)

As a child, I really wanted one of these! Of the three built, two may still be in existance at the Rancho Los Amigos. **Video clip via youtube - has both the Moon walker prototype and the chair** Either an early version, or the prototype for the later Iron Mule…
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Early Teleoperators, Exoskeletons and Industrial Robots

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This page shows a timeline of significant events in the development of Teleoperators, Exoskeletons and Industrial Robots with dates showing the creation or announcement of these machines. Check out the updates page for recent posts. There are many way to sub-categorize Teleoperators, from remote manipulators, Man-amplifiers and exoskeletons, prosthetics and orthotics,…
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1939 – “Horsepower” Mechanical Horse – G. H. Messmore (American)

Image found on flickr. Exhibit now located at Musée Mécanique, San Francisco. See video clip here. from Mechanix Illustrated May 1947 from Popular Science Jan 1939.
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1932-3 – Mechanical Horse – D. G. Alzetta (Italian)

The above image from Popular Science April, 1933. The Harford Courant Mar 6, 1933 p16 Italian Designs Mechanical Horse From Steel Tubing ---- Device Looks Like Grasshopper Stepping Along Road Spezia, Italy—(AP.)—A mechanical horse, designed to substitute for the farm animal or even light tractor, has been invented by an…
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1983 – “Six-Legged Hydraulic Walker” – Ivan Sutherland (American)

1983 "Trojan Cockroach", a Six-Legged Hydraulic Walker by Ivan Sutherland. The Sutherland Walker was a six-legged all-terrain robotic designed by Sutherland Sproull Associates with the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University under contract to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The robot used a gasoline motor to power its…
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1952 – Maze Solving Computer – R. A. Wallace (American)

In 1952, Richard A. Wallace built a Maze Solving Computer as a model of "machine learning". His definition of learning is "The ability to modify a response to a stimulus because of past experience with the stimulus."  see full pdf here.
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1977 – Newt – Ralph Hollis (American)

"Newt" updated showing manipulator. In an email response from Dr. Hollis (2010),  I learnt that his old robot is called "Newt," not "NEWT."  (It is not an acronym.)  He is planning to put  together a small web site with lots of pictures and background on Newt, its predecessors and follow-ons. …
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