a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
**Stop Press** – See Daniel Muszka with his Ladybird at the Robots Festival Nov 30-Dec 31 2011 Science Museum, Exhibition Rd, London, SW7 2DD The Science Museum's 'Robots Festival' begins with a five-day 'Roboville' event showcasing the latest in robotic research and development – including emotibots, swimming shark robots, medical robots and autonomous moving robots. During …
Here's a cut down version of the first page. The full article is found by the pdf link at the bottom of this article. A clever New York radio engineer, Mr. Paul Von Kunits, has created "Mr. Radio Robot," a remarkable device which is attracting unusual attention and proving a source of profit to …
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It appears as if Yasutaro Mitsui's Steel Humanoid robot is the first known Japanese robot in humanoid form. With the post author not being able to read nor write in Japanese, it makes it difficult to research. The image also appears in Haruki Inoue's 1993 book Nihon Robotto Soseiki 1920-1938. I suspect the electrical devices and valves …
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The picture below clearly shows the foot positioning for bicycle pedals. Photographs are shown also of Mr. Sam Barton, the British vaudeville artist, astride his mechanical horse. From San Antonio Light 4 December 1932 Everybody knows the advantages of the automobile over the horse, but why should Sam Barton fancy Unit there is "any …
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In 1951 Marvin Minsky teamed with Dean Edmonds build the first artificial neural network that simulated a rat finding its way through a maze. They designed the first (40 neuron) neurocomputer, SNARC (Stochastic Neural Analog Reinforcement Computer), with synapses that adjusted their weights (measures of synaptic permeabilities) according to the success of performing a specified …
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