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Jacques Cousteau With Old Diving Suit

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French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau (1910 - 1997) stands beside an old metal deep sea diving suit inside a French maritime museum, December 11, 1973. (Photo by Archive France/RDA/Getty Images)

1856 – Phillips Submarine Exploring Armor – Lodner Phillips (American)

The Phillips patent is the first known "Armored Diving Suit". There is no evidence yet found that suggests that Phillips actually built his suit, although he did build an earlier submarine.  Many features of the design will be seen in similar more successful suits over a half century later. Note…
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Early Underwater Manipulators and Robots

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  • Published date: October 27, 2014
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This page is a timeline of early Mechanical Deep-sea Diver Suits, Submersibles with Mechanical Arm attachments and Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicles. If IMAGE IS CLICKABLE, then a post exists for it. Check out cyberneticzoo facebook or the updates page for recent posts. Early Deep-sea Diver Armoured Suits with Grippers 1856 – Phillips…

1912 – Dreadnought Wheel and “Big Lizzie” – Frank Bottrill (Australian)

1912 - Dreadnought Wheel and "Big Lizzie" - Frank Bottrill A dreadnaught wheel is a wheel with articulated rails attached at the rim to provide a firm footing for the wheel to roll over, they have also been known as endless railway wheels when fitted to road locomotives, and were…
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1899 – Walking Wheel – James C. Anderson (American)

1899 - Walking Wheel patent by James C. Anderson Publication number    US647245 A Publication type    Grant Publication date    Apr 10, 1900 Filing date    Aug 16, 1899 Priority date    Aug 16, 1899 Inventors    James C Anderson Original Assignee    James C Anderson My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in…
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1846 – Walking Wheel – James Boydell (British)

1846 - Walking Wheel by James Boydell A dreadnaught wheel is a wheel with articulated rails attached at the rim to provide a firm footing for the wheel to roll over, they have also been known as endless railway wheels when fitted to road locomotives, and were commonly fitted to…
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1967 – Toy Space Crawlers – Various

After recently posting the entry on Vladimir Ischein's Walking Wheel (1983), I recalled having seen something similar. It turned out to be the toy "Space Crawler" of Major Matt Mason from 1967.  This toy led to several other toymakers making similar devices. 1967 - Mattel's Major Matt Mason's Space Crawler…
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