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Bioprosthesis Robot Model

WARSAW, POLAND - MARCH: A member of the team constructors from techincal university demonstrates how bioprosthesis operates in March 1968 in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

1983 – Beam Assembly Teleoperator (BAT) – University of Maryland (American)

1983 M.I.T. Beam Assembly Teleoperator (BAT) The SSL was founded in 1976 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Its early studies in space construction techniques eventually led to the EASE (Experimental Assembly of Structures in EVA) flight experiment which flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-61B in late 1985. EASE was…
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1959 – Lunar Construction Vehicle from Project HORIZON – U.S. Army (American)

Lunar Construction Vehicle with manipulator arms. Above image from "The Next 50 Years on the Moon", 1974. NASA Study Summary: "Project Horizon, Vol 2, Technical Considerations and Plans" Here's a big study from 1959, done by the US Army, right about the time NASA was just becoming a going concern.…
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1984-7 – Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV) + Kits – NASA (American)

An OMV leaves the payload bay of a Shuttle to deliver or retrieve satellites in orbits beyond the reach of the Shuttle itself. The basic OMV configuration. Any manipulator arm attachments are via appropriate kits, such as Integrated Operations Servicing System (IOSS) and Tumbling Satellite Recovery (TSR) both shown below.…
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1982-4 – Telepresence Servicer Unit (TSU) – Akin/Minsky (American)

The 1982-4 - Telepresence Servicer Unit (TSU) Concept. Free-Flying Teleoperator 1. Thrusters 2. Vision sensors 3. Anchor arm 4. Manipulator arm 5. Vision sensor 6. Gripper 7. Thermal insulation 8. Light 9. Light 10. End effector rack 11. Spare part rack 12. Anchor arm 13. Communications and navigation antennas. As…
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1955 – Space Tug (Illustration) – Nikolay Kolchitsky (Soviet)

Illustrations from the book "Travel To Distant Worlds" written by Karl Gilzen. The illustrations are dated 1955 and are by Nikolay Kolchitsky (Николай Кольчицкий) .  The Space Tugs are manned and have what appears to be simple mechanical arms. The covers to both the Soviet version and the English version of…
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