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2011 – “Iron Stallion” and other Mechanical Walking Machines – Carter Sharer (American)

Iron Stallion (Pedal Horse) Carter's linkages remind me somewhat of Alzetta's 1933 horse.  Longer legs, a more powerful motor, lower centre of gravity, steering and one could ride this machine bicycle-like. You start and stop with the person's feet touching the surface of the road. The ride would be a bit…
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2003 – Robo-Donkey – Christiaan Zwanikken (Dutch-Portugese)

2003 - Robo-Donkey - Christiaan Zwanikken (Netherlands-born) Robotic donkey drives ancient Islamic irrigation system Robotic Donkey drives Moorish water wheel from christiaan zwanikken on Vimeo. Donkey work [Source here] It is an ambitious project to reconstruct all the original features of an irrigation system that, 400 years ago, watered a…
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1993 – Human-Powered Walking Machine – CSERNY Márton (Hungarian)

CSERNY Márton Márton is from Budapest, Hungary.  His human-powered walking machine is novel in that the front legs do not pull the cart, but are pushed by the pedals, chain and sprocket.  The pedaling action also rocks the 'hip', which raises and swings each free-swinging leg in turn.  Video Akció…
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1964 – Painting Machine(s) – “Larry Flint” (American)

In the movie "What A Way To Go!", "Larry Flint" creates painting machines to produce his abstract art. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rps9NZPesh4#t=2696s Plot This lavishly produced, big-budget comedy (it cost $20 million in 1964 dollars) stars Shirley MacLaine as Louisa, a widow who is worth $200 million dollars. However, she's convinced that her…
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1950c – NERISSA Artificial Nerve – W. Grey Walter (British)

NERISSA.- A Nerve Excitation, Inhibition and Synaptic Analogue. This demonstrates particularly the relationship between the various parameters of nervous action such as finite propagation rate, excitation threshold, all-or-none conduction, strength-duration curves of excitability, refractory periods, Wedensky synaptic facilitation and inhibition, inhibitory escape and rebound, transmission of information by pulse interval…
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W. Grey Walter’s Tortoises – Self-recognition and Narcissism

Self-recognition and the Mirror Dance [Image source: An Imitation of Life,  Scientific American, May 1950, p42-45.] 7 . Self-recognition. The machines are fitted with a small flash-lamp bulb in the head which is turned off automatically whenever the photo-cell receives an adequate light signal. When a mirror or white surface…
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1992-4 – Dante & Dante II – John E. Bares & William “Red” Whittaker (American)

Dante: In 1992 a walking robot named Dante1 was designed and built at Carnegie Mellon University. Using a tensioned tether, Dante can ascend and descend steep slopes. It is designed to rappel into and explore active volcanic craters. The Dante project was an ambitious attempt to proceed, in 10 months,…
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1988-91 – AMBLER – John Bares & William “Red” Whittaker (American)

A good example of the "big iron" approach to mobile robots is AMBLER (acronym for Autonomous MoBiLe Exploration Robot), developed by Carnegie Mellon University and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This behemoth stands about 5m (16.4ft) tall, is up to 7m (23.0ft) wide, and weights 2500 kg (5512 lb). It moves…
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2002 – ESA Lunar Rover – (Student concept) – Europe

DATE:25/04/08 SOURCE:Flightglobal.com ESA to undertake lunar rover study By Rob Coppinger   The European Space Agency is offering €500,000 ($786,500) for a pressurised lunar rover (PLR) phase 0/A study to produce a conceptual design, to evaluate its functional, technical and operational requirements and determine its likely cost and development schedule. …
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Early Science Fair Robots

1931: "Bugs the Mechanical Man" by Bobby Lambert, Charlotte, N.C. USA. 1948: 1949: Elmer the robot, Colorado. Jimmie the Demonstration Robot responds to single words via the telephone.  1950: 1951: 1952: 1953: 1954: 1955: "Reject the Robot" by Tommy Firestine. USA. 1956: "Herbert Watt" the robot. 1957: "Nemo the Magnificant"…

1964 – Performance Artist using Robotic Props – John Fare (Canadian)

John Fare Since the late 60's I have browsed all types of magazines for articles on electronic art, kinetic art, and robots. When I first came upon the John Fare article, I tucked it away, taking it at face value, for a future use.  Given the rise of the internet, it appears that the…
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1995 – Swamp Walking Machines – Dept. of Theoretical Mechanics (Russian)

Russian Walking Machines from Dept. of Theoretical Mechanics. All source material from here. Now tens of scientific groups in the world are developing this problem. Walking machines can be divided into two parts: dynamical stability (with a few legs) and statical stability (multilegged) machines. The letter can be divided into…
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1997 – Robotic Master-Slave Manipulator – Mark E. Rosheim (American)

Patent number: 5845540 Filing date: Sep 25, 1997 Issue date: Dec 8, 1998 See full patent here. Patent Abstract: A pair of connected joints is provided in a master-slave robotic system each operated by a plurality of force-imparting means. Such force imparting means for the second joint supported on a…
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1991 – TOPS TeleOperator/telePresence System – Smith and Shimamoto (American)

TeleOperator/telePresence System / Concept Verification Model (CVM) The TeleOperator/telePresence System/Concept Verification Model (TOPS/CVM)[34], was developed as the successor to the 'Greenman'. The TOPS/CVM consisted of a 3-DOF (degrees-of-freedom) head, a 3-DOF torso and a dexterous, force-reflective 9- DOF hand coupled to a force-reflective 7-DOF arm. Fig. 1 TOPS from Space and…
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1983-88 – “Greenman” Teleoperator – Smith & Armogida (American)

"Greenman" (1983-1988) - The first anthropomorphic (human configured) manipulator developed at SSC San Diego was the Remote Presence Demonstration System, nicknamed "Greenman". It was assembled in 1983 using MB Associates arms and a SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego-developed torso and head. It had an exoskeletal master controller for the human…
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1940 – Project Pigeon (1948 – Project Orcon) – B.F. Skinner (American)

Painting (1986) by Anton van Dalenshowing B.F. Skinner with Project Pigeon. Project Orcon During World War II, Project Pigeon (later Project Orcon, for "organic control") was American behaviorist B. F. Skinner's attempt to develop a pigeon-guided missile. The control system involved a lens at the front of the missile projecting an…
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1967 – Robot Fred and James – Archigram Group (British)

Archigram Group's futuristic-type room at Tomorrow's Home Exhibition called 'Living 1990' held at Harrods, 1967. Robot Fred is on the left. IDEAL HOMES Your browser does not support iframes. Possible layouts involving Robot Fred and Robot James. Robot Fred has a smaller footprint than Robot James. LIVING 1990 The Archigram Group…
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2010 – Natwalk 2.0 Walking Skyscraper – Anton Markus Pasing – (German)

From eVolo Competition - 2010 Skyscraper Competition Special Mention - Natwalk 2.0   Natwalk II or walking tall Preface ” The sky switches on daylight for us - or the shower. We are small gods, mere gods of the machine which is our highest. Our universe is a huge motor,…
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1985 – Marco and the Fuyo Robot Theater Expo’85 – Automax (Japanese)

Perhaps the most impressive robot show [from Expo'85] is at the Fuyo Robot Theater. In this exhibit hall, whose exterior is shaped like a pearl in an opening oyster, the robots basically have the run of the place, entertaining visitors with a complicated floor show. Through voice recognition and voice…
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1983 – COSMO1 – Dainichi Kiko (Japanese)

Machinery Service Robot: An Unmanned Conveyor Dainichi Kiko This waiter robot, priced at Y5 million, is one of a number of "amusement" robots that Dainichi has developed for use in restaurants and wedding halls. Performing eight basic operations, including the ability to speak sixteen different phrases, the waiter robot is…

Early Bionics, Artificial Neurons and CYBORGs

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This page will contain a selection of early Bionics including CYBORG technologies and Neural computing, and dates showing the creation or announcement of these and related technologies. If image is clickable, then a blog post exists for it. Check out the updates page for the most recent posts.   History…
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1970 – Expo ’70 Fujipan Pavillion Robots – Tezuka/Aizawa (Japanese)

A display of robot models showing which robots were included by Tezuka in the Fujipan pavillion. The Symphonitoron.   Robots appearing at an exhibition. Osamu Tezuka with his robots. Dancing robot rotates, and moves its arms. Catalogue entry. Blue photo-taking robot on the left. See the full Jiro Aizawa story…
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1970 – Expo’70 Osaka Demonstration Robot – Arata Isozaki (Japanese)

The Osaka Demonstration Robot by Arata Isozaki consists of a head, body, base and two arms of different lengths. The head contains two control rooms. In the first ambiant data is collected and processed, and then transmitted to the main control room from which the robot receives instructions to respond by…
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1970 – 7ft-tall “Blue” Robot – Jiro Aizawa/Osamu Tezuka (Japanese)

The 7ft tall, blue robot appeared in the Fujipan pavillion at Expo'70, Osaka, Japan.  The robot display for the Fujipan pavillion was designed by Jiro's partner Osamu Tezuka (the creator of Astro Boy) so most likely the robot was, at least, from their Institute of Juvenile Culture. The robot itself is probably an Aizawa…
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19xx – Unknown Robot – Jiro Aizawa (Japanese)

I don't know what this robot does. There's a large slot in the front and speakers - maybe it is a record player? Robot after restoration at the Kanagawa Institute of Technology in Japan in 2008. Image by "Robot". The Robot with his brothers in the Nagoya Robot Museum. The Robot…
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19xx – Blue Stamping Robot – Jiro Aizawa (Japanese)

Restoration at the Kanagawa Institute of Technology in Japan in 2008. Blue stamping robot with his brothers in the Nagoya Robot Museum. The Robot Museum closed 31 September, 2007. Both Stamping robots after restoration at the Kanagawa Institute of Technology in Japan in 2008. Image by "Robot". See the full Jiro…
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1960 – Mr. Saburo the Robot – Jiro Aizawa (Japanese)

Mr. Saburo after restoration at the Kanagawa Institute of Technology in Japan. The caption from a 2010 Japanese catalogue reads (after translation): Three mid-size robot brothers Fujio [富士夫], Saburo [三郎], Kuro [九郎].  These robots look very similar.  The middle robot is the same as the one in the top photo, although the above…
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19xx – Mr. “Robot” – Jiro Aizawa (Japanese)

An Aizawa robot that stands on a pedestal. Wrapped ready for transit. I don't know what this robot does. It appears it can nod its head. The front checkerboard patterns have many lamps behind them, maybe generating various patterns in light. The robot after restoration at the Kanagawa Institute of Technology…
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1957 – Talking Clock Robot – Jiro Aizawa (Japanese)

昭和32 年（1957 年）発行の 『科学大観』第10号 「機械と道具」特集より 次郎氏と「呼びリンを手にもって 時刻を知らせる口ボット」 Rough English translation... 1957 (1957) issue  'Scientific general survey' 10th number From “machine and instrument” special edition Mr. Jiro placing a bell in the robots hand. The robot speaks through its 'mouth' to tell the time. See the full Jiro Aizawa story here .
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