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Above: Images and text are from the book of the German exhibition "Die Roboter Kommen!" 2007. Werberoboter „Roberto", 1950er Jahre Museumsstiftung Post und Telekommunikation Die 1950er Jahre bildeten eine erste Blütezeit der Werberoboter. Unter großer Anteilnahme von Presse und Öffentlichkeit stapften überlebensgroße Blechmänner durch die Straßen, deren technisches Vermögen meist…
AU SALON DE L'AUTOMOBILE, UN ROBOT FAITS LA COUR AUX DAMES C'este un robot qui reçoit les client d'un des stands du Salon de l'Automobile. Il mesur 1m.83 et pèse 83 kg. Il marche; parle, répond aux questions des visiteurs; baisse les yeux; et rougit devant les femmes; mais est…
Robot Cyclist will Ride the Streets. A robot cyclist named Dynamo Joe, capable of propelling himself unaided through the streets has been built by students of Bristol University Engineering Department as the main attraction of the University's Rag Week, which begins Wednesday 28th February 1951. The robot's body is made…
Edward Chace Tolman (1886 - 1959) was an American psychologist. He was most famous for his studies on behavioral psychology. In my research for the write-up for this post, I found that the introduction to Endo and Arkin's 2000 paper on Implementing Tolman's Sowbug the best. I've reproduced the introduction…
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Indianapolis Star 12 Feb AUTOMOBILE WITH LEGS INSTEAD OF WHEELS INVENTED WASHINGTON. Feb. 11.- Invention of an automobile equipped with four legs instead of wheels is claimed by James William Bryan, a Washington man. who says he has forty patents, some of them basic, for such a machine. He has…
Popular Mechanics October 1917 p520-1 In plowing and cultivating, a well-trained, intelligent train of horses means much to a farmer. Therefore it is not surprising that many agriculturists are slow in accepting the tractor, with its clumsy wheels and grinding motor, for such work. For these reluctant ruralists, however, a…
Patent number: 1221970 . See full patent details here. Filing date: Feb 20, 1917 Issue date: Apr 10, 1917 Fort Wayne News 01 May 1917 p6 THE WALKING DOLLS. Harry Coleman of New Palace to Make Them a Fad. Harry Coleman's convict clad walking doll is going to have a…
With Sonar using Zenith television remote control 40kHz audio transducers, and vision using the then new vidicon image tubes. Mod II is actually facing forward, to the front. the boom arm if effectively its right-arm and extends when searching for an AC outlet. The Zenith ultrasonic transducors can be seen both…
Pre-Vision version. See earlier and later models 1961 - APL-JHU "Ferdinand" Mod I 1962-5- APL-JHU Hopkins "Beast" Mod II with extended sonar & vision In below Video clip, see 1min 50secs in for 1min 40 seconds. Update: July 2013 - JHU APL have released a video clip (see below) showing the new vision system.…
A young Hans Moravec with the Stanford Cart c1977. One of the more documented Autonomous Vehicles is the Stanford Cart, having an active career starting as a research vehicle for remote moon missions, a White-line follower in 1966, through to its last active role in 1980 as an Autonomous research…
Fig. 2 of New Scientist article Alex Andrew graduated in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Glasgow University, Scotland, then joined the Departments of Physiology and Psychological Medicine there. Part of this time was spent on leave of absence with Warren McCulloch’s group in MIT. Work in Glasgow was largely on…
Despite his attempts in trying, as seen in the attached documents, I don't believe Edmund C. Berkeley ever realized the construction of James the intelligent robot. Specification of James: A man-like robot, with six sound tracks, a load speaker, and three or four sensory organs, which will seem to respond…
Above image from Jim Linderman's website. Gettysburg Times 17 June 1949 The servant problem has been solved by a Detroit automobile factory worker, whose butler requires no wages or board. Robin, the strange creature of Patrick Rizzo, is more than an ashtray-emptying servant. He also entertains with card tricks and…
Most likely the prototype Sparko, as distinguished by the dents and course finish of the side of his body, unless he's undergone some damage somehow. Its been suggested by others that Sparko only moved his hind legs, and that his front 'paws' were rollers. From photographic evidence, I believe Sparko…
Charles Lawson lighting a cigarette for his robot. Other than the above images, all that's reported for this robot is that is talks and smokes. The photo above shows a seat with a lightning-bolt motif on it. The seat suggests robot could arise and sit again. Robot''s right arm moves to…
Charles Lawson with his 2nd robot. Robot invented by Charles Lawson, a radio engineer of Kettering, England. Little is known of this Robot. Earliest known date of 1939 is from the above Popular Science advert on Webster's Dictionary. 7ft. tall, its claimed that this robot can control traffic, sing, light and smoke…
Above: Popular Science Aug 1940. Below: Radio-Craft Oct 1939 extract from Radio-Craft Oct 39. Clarence. RADIO ROBOT Something new! A completely self-contained robot which operates within 150 ft. of a remote control unit. Oscillators—very similar to the currently popular " 'wireless' phono oscillator" supply control signals. by AUSTIN HUHN "CLARENCE," the…
News-Palladium 20 Jan 1938 Charlie McCarthy Has Rival—It's Big Looie Detroit-Built Robot Can Walk, Talk And Play An Accordion; He's 6 feet Tall And Wears Size 16 Shoes. DETROIT, Jan. 20—Two Detroit auto mechanics announced today they had produced a mechanical man that will put Charlie McCarthy in the minor…