a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
1979 – "NUTRO" the Robot by Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. The Index-Journal, Greenwood, S.C. Sat., April 21, 1979-p7 Robot raves about nutrition Caption: Traveling companions – Nutritionist Dave Canty serves as voice and remote-control operator for Nutro, a 400-pound robot who tours the country speaking to children on nutrition. NUTLEY, N.J — Traveling coast-to-coast to visit …
"Rodney", the Self-Programming Robot is based on the book How to Build Your Own Self-Programming Robot by David L. Heiserman [TAB, 1979]. ByRamiro Molinaon September 18, 2013 This book is geared towards those that have good knowledge of electronics and are willing to jump into a project that involves CPU based control. It outlines how to …
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The RB5X is a personal robot manufactured by RB Robot Corporation of Golden, Colorado. A cylinder-shaped robot with an optional arm, and a transparent, dome-shaped top, RB5X has an RS-232 communications interface and is programmable in TinyBASIC or Savvy. It was first released in 1982. Its inputs include eight bumper panels, a photodiode and a …
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Humanoid robot – Source: here. (English via Google translate – some words not translated) Alexander Mészáros – a retired college professor, expert In past times, it lost in the attempt, when a man tried to prepare themselves for similar creature. Õsember've probably wanted to take part in the creation of a "mûember 'delight. The most …
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1982 – "A2W2" the Andy Warhol Robot. "I want to be a machine, and I feel that whatever I do and do machine-like is what I want to do. I think everybody should be a machine." Andy Warhol, Nov 1963. Source: Times Daily, Oct 30, 1982. Alvaro Villa with some of his animatronic figures. Image …
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