Squee_Construction_1952
Squee - The Robot Squirrel Construction Plans - Edmund C. Berkeley reprint Aug 1952
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LivingRobots52
The Construction of Living Robots - Edmund C. Berkeley 1952
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1928 – Eric Robot – Capt. Richards & A.H. Reffell (English)
Each press article of the day offered a different snippet about Captain William H. Richards' Eric Robot. I will summerise them here. Eric Robot was constructed at Gomshall, near Dorking [see note below], by Captain William H. Richards, a veteran of the First World War, and a noted journalist and A. H. Reffell, a…
1956 РCYSP-1 РNicolas Sch̦ffer Р(Hungarian/French)
Although built as an art piece, Nicolas Schöffer's CYSP-1 (a name composed of the first letters of CYbernetics and SPatiodynamic) is significant both in terms of the introduction of a new art form, as well as being a serious attempt as an autonomous "being". Schöffer was the first artist to be…
1956 – Mechanical Animal – William Robert “Bert” Sutherland / Ivan E. Sutherland – (American)
This copy of a letter from 1957 describes the first "Mechanical Animal" built by the Sutherland brothers, Bert and Ivan. Here’s a transcript of the letter sent from Ivan E. Sutherland to Grey Walter in 1957: Nov 10. [IES to WGW] “Dear Sir: Early last month I had sent…
1955 – Snail – Cross – (American)
Snail Robot by Versal Cross High-School Robots Learn the “Three Rs” By Jim Collison - Popular Mechanics July 1955 There is also a little robot. Versal Cross, 17, the senior student who built it calls it a Doodlebug or Snail. The Snail follows a beam of light and, having lost…
1953 – Timothy Turtle – Jack Kubanoff (American)
1953 - Timothy Turtle by Jack H. Kubanoff, Radio and Television News, April 1953 The text to the article is below. For the moment, the pages themselves can be found here. The article itself has a good description of its functionality. Some of its functionality reminds me of Berkeley's Squee…
Updates pre-2015
Updates to the cyberneticzoo.com website. See also the Cybernetic Zoo facebook page for more commentary on updates. pre-2015 31 Dec 2014 Added Unknown Deep Diving Armours . 31 Dec 2014 Added 1977 - Deep Diving Apparatus by Alistair Carnegie. 29 Dec 2014 Added 1914-1937 – Various Diving Armour by Neufeldt and…
1904 – Mechanical Walker Human Powered Unicycle – Crosse – (American)
Years ago when I was searching the patents database the long, hard way (Google patents has made it all sooo much easier and quicker), I came across this wonderful looking Mechanical Walker / Unicycle. I just love the concept and the fine illustrations. Steam punkers will enjoy this one as…
1869 – “Steam King” Steam Man – Winans / Eno – (American)
Update: 4 July 2010: A more recent discovery has it that, in fact, Thomas J. Winans was the inventor of the Steam Man, actually called "Steam King". Eno and a Newspaper were third share investors, and later custodians of the steam wagon. See article text below giving full description of…
1893 – Walking Automaton – “Weston” – (American)
Edward Payson Weston was one of Americas earliest and famous 'pedestrians', walking all over the country for most of his life. A Walking Automaton was built in his likeness by a currently unknown inventor. The Evening World 14 Jan 1893 p5 Huber's 14th Street Museum. The walking automaton. Walks like a living man. …
1894 – Walking Machine – Gross – (American)
I'm afraid I don't have too much info on this one, but here it is anyway..... New Castle News 01 Aug 1894 p7 Result of a Vision. An old gentleman named Gross of Beaver, who travels over the country sharpening saws was in town Tuesday and told of a wonderful…
1894-1914 – Electric Man – Perew – (American)
The Louis Philip Perew "Electric Man", due to an often referenced article by "The Strand Magazine", is dated as 1900. Further, due to a popular site that mis-represents early walking machines and steam men, it is also referred to as "Automatic Man". I elect to present the full story as…
1891-1893 – Steam Man – Prof. George Moore – (Canadian/American)
The above model from one of my favourite automata artists, Kandamu. For those of you expecting a simple, easy post for Prof. George Moore's "Steam Man", well, it isn't going to be one. The press "announcement" date for the Steam Man is 1893, but Prof. G. Moore had spent two years…
1890 – Electric Walking Automaton – George R. Moore (American)
“Electric Man” - George R. Moore, a then seventy-year-old retired miller of LowelL Mass., USA. [Note: The author believes that George R. Moore of Lowell, Mass., is not the same person as Professor George Moore, the Canadian "inventor" of the more well known “Steam Man”.] Walking Automaton – Patent #…
1887 – Walking Wagon – (American)
Other than this one article, I have nothing else on this Walking Wagon. Fort Wayne Sentinel 14 Sept 1887 p1 A WALKING WAGON This Ingenious Contrivance Exhibited to the People of Fort Wayne. A young man named Browns [Brossins?], from Abolt station, has a novel contrivance on exhibition in this…
1880 – Steam Man “Frankenstein” – Hornburg (Australian)
Being an Australian myself, I got very excited when I found out about this Steam Man from Australia. Despite many hours in the State Library of Victoria, I have not been able to find any photos of him. However, as it was on show for major exhibitions, there was plenty of…
1872 – 8-Legged Steam Walking Machine – (American)
Other than a brief one-line sentance in "The Morning Oregonian 04 May 1872 p4, I have not found any futher infromation on this contrivance. "An inventive Kalamazoologist has succeeded in bringing out an eight-legged steam walking machine."
1954 – Vienna Turtle – Eichler / Zemanek (Austrian)
In June of this year (2009), I went to the UK and to Europe to visit some of the great computer pioneers and in particular, to talk to them about their early cybernetic models they built. I travelled with David Buckley (see his site here), and one of our stops…