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Queen Juliana opens Holland's Flower Show in 1955. SABOR greets her and she accepts a gift of flowers from him. See Video clip here. register for free, then login and search for "100 YEAR OLD HAARLEMMEERPOLDER" Film Title: QUEEN JULIANA OPENS FAIR - HOLLAND Card Title: 100 YEAR OLD HAARLEMMEERPOLDER Location: Harlem, Holland…
SABOR V - showing battered body (arms), and updated electronics. The Second World War interrupted August Huber's plans to implement a further attempt of his SABOR series. The earlier SABOR IV had good mechanics, but Huber was not happy with the electrical controls. Electrical Engineer Peter Steuer continued Hubers’ work from…
From “Automata”, Chapuis and Droz. Translated by Alec Reid 1958. The working of the second robot (Televox was described earlier) is much gentler. It is called “Sabor,” a Swiss giant, the brain-child of Auguste Huber, who brought it into the world in Appenzell. At the request of a newspaper, Huber…
From “Automata”, Chapuis and Droz. Translated by Alec Reid 1958. “Sabor II,” a Swiss giant, the brain-child of Auguste Huber, who brought it into the world in Appenzell, Switzerland. Prior to Sabor IV, Huber had previously built three other automata, one of which he began when he was only 12…
Source: Mechanix Illustrated Oct, 1951. Source: Popular Mechanics Jan, 1954 Galveston Daily News 11 Mar 1953 Hold Your Autos; Horse A-Comin' CLEVELAND, Ohio (UP)—No reaction has come from the automotive world as yet, but George Bogart's invention would seem to be a cinch to cause a stir. He invented a…
In the early ‘60s, as part of the preparations for the Apollo manned moon landing mission, the Jet Propulsion Lab planned a follow-on program to its very successful ‘hard’ landing ‘Ranger’ program, which gave the first close-up views of the moon’s surface. The proposed ‘soft’ lander program was called ‘Surveyor’.…
In the early ‘60s, as part of the preparations for the Apollo manned moon landing mission, the Jet Propulsion Lab planned a follow-on program to its very successful ‘hard’ landing ‘Ranger’ program, which gave the first close-up views of the moon’s surface. The proposed ‘soft’ lander program was called ‘Surveyor’.…
In the early ‘60s, as part of the preparations for the Apollo manned moon landing mission, the Jet Propulsion Lab planned a follow-on program to its very successful ‘hard’ landing ‘Ranger’ program, which gave the first close-up views of the moon’s surface. The proposed ‘soft’ lander program was called ‘Surveyor’.…
In the early ‘60s, as part of the preparations for the Apollo manned moon landing mission, the Jet Propulsion Lab planned a follow-on program to its very successful ‘hard’ landing ‘Ranger’ program, which gave the first close-up views of the moon’s surface. The proposed ‘soft’ lander program was called ‘Surveyor’.…
In the early ‘60s, as part of the preparations for the Apollo manned moon landing mission, the Jet Propulsion Lab planned a follow-on program to its very successful ‘hard’ landing ‘Ranger’ program, which gave the first close-up views of the moon’s surface. The proposed ‘soft’ lander program was called ‘Surveyor’.…
In the early ‘60s, as part of the preparations for the Apollo manned moon landing mission, the Jet Propulsion Lab planned a follow-on program to its very successful ‘hard’ landing ‘Ranger’ program, which gave the first close-up views of the moon’s surface. The proposed ‘soft’ lander program was called ‘Surveyor’.…
$7,000 Mechanical Wonder ! The only Steam Man Actually walks and runs alone! The Greatest Invention of Modern Times. The W.W. Cole's Great New York and New Orleans Zoological and Equestrian Exposition toured the American continent between 1871 and 1886, and in 1875 and early 1876 featured a Steam Man.…
New York Times 25 Aug 1910 LIKE AN IRON MAN -------------- Legs Take It to Work on Land or Sea, Carrying Tons at a Load. --------------- INVENTION HAS BEEN TRIED -------------- One of Its Uses is to Give Landing Stages, Doing Away with Necessity of Building Piers. -------------- Charles Guest…
Richard Lovell Edgeworth (31 May 1744 – 13 June 1817) was an Anglo-Irish politician, writer and inventor. Although most articles suggest Edgeworth invented the Caterpillar track, the description offered below is of another invention he called a Wooden Horse." In order to step over a fence, the legs would have…
See video preview here. A second video can be seen here, but you need to create an account and log-in first. Search for "NEW DERBY HOPE" "Tractor Classic", May/June 2004, Vol. 19 #3, pages 25-26. "Blowtorch" currently on display at : Western Development Museum, Moose Jaw Branch - History of…
In 1876, America held its Centennial in Philadelphia. There appears to have been four Steam Men built for the Centennial Exhibition, along with a Mechanical Horse. An American inventor by the name of William Farr Goodwin, had some of his agricultural inventions produced by manufacturers who exhibited at the Centennial…
This wood and brass model with clockwork by Enoch Rice Morrison is a walking mechanism probably very similar to his "Steam Man". The maker's name is painted on an upright as is his home town - Bergen, NJ The model is 6.5" tall. I have now located the patent for this mechanism - see…
William Farr Goodwin was a diverse inventor. Two of his earlier inventions were for toys, the first of these being for a Mechanical Horse, then later a Walking Doll. UNITED STATES PATENTS Patent Number 61416 Goodwin Jan. 22, 1867 . See full patent for the Mechanical Horse here. Later on in 1876,…
This French model, attributed to Alain Gillier, looks as if it is a working model, with the steam boiler in the cart, and a flexible tube leading to the engine mounted in the body. You can see the flywheel in the shadows. The linkages are similar to other Mechanical Horses…
Source: Weekly World News 6 Feb1990. Adrian Wareham built a mechanical spider for the following year, but I have no images of that machine.
See similar video clip here. - RECIPROCATING LOAD CARRIER E. SNELL Patent number: 2430537 Filing date: Dec 8, 1944 Issue date: Nov 1947 See patent here. 1949 Multi-Ped Walking Tractor Manufacture: Multi-Ped Traction Limited, Edmonton, Alberta Engine: Case Model R tractor, 4 cylinder Wasukesha Edward ( Ward ) Snell of…
Middlesex Music Hall Place London, Holborn Title Middlesex Music Hall, … Enormous attraction, the sensation of 1886. Ali … the wondrous electrical automaton! Ali has taken nearly a life time to construct. Its movements are so life-like that it is difficult to believe it is not endowed with life! Admitted by press…
Although sometimes attributed to Robert Hooke, the invention was Francis Potter's, and when presented to the Royal Society (see transcript of minutes below), they asked Hooke to present drawings and comment on it. Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); Natural Philosopher Potter; Francis (1594 -1678) Above image found on Royal Society's…
Pat Rawlings’ Rendering of the “Habot” Mobile Lunar Base Concept (courtesy of John Mankins, NASA HQ, and Neville Marzwell, Jet Propulsion Laboratory). Mankins’ Habot John Mankins introduced the Habitat Robot concept, “Habot,” in 2000 as a radical departure from traditional lunar base studies. The strongest attribute of the Habot is…
Patent number: 491927 Filing date: Apr 8, 1892 Issue date: Feb 1893. See full patent here. Rygg Horse Pat 1893, filed 1892. No model. Cannot find any evidence that it was actually built.
Brunton's Traveller was constructed by the Butterley Company in Derbyshire in 1813 by William Brunton (1777–1851). Also known as the "Steam Horse" it had a pair of mechanical legs, with feet that gripped the rails at the rear of the engine to push it forwards at about three miles an…
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SIR GOLDSWORTHY GURNEY Chapter 5: INVENTING THE STEAM CARRIAGE p77 In 1824 David Gordon tried again with "an arrangement of machinery, by which an action similar to horses' feet could be obtained." Six jointed iron legs, fitted with feet, were connected by brass joints, straps,…
j IMPROVEMENT IN TRACTION-ENGINES JOHN E. PRAUL Patent number: 221354 Filing date: Sep 26, 1879 Issue date: Nov 4, 1879. See patent here.
There are a few other youtube clips showing Shiva, the mechanical tiger. The clip above also include Arthades, a mechanical walking biped. The creator is Kezanti, a pseudonym for Dirk Dewulf. It looks as if Shiva has been converted from the original 650cc motorcycle engine to electric power.
Partial cut-away of Sidewinder. I used to have a copy from an early Annual, but alas, now long gone. If someone has a copy to send I'd be most grateful. Sidewinder (from Wikipedia) A military walking vehicle which appeared in the 1965 episode "Pit of Peril". It resembles a giant…
The Visions of Ron Herron - Reyner Banham - Architectural Monographs No. 38 1994 THAT MOST FAMOUS OF ALL IMAGES to come out of Archigram, the most frequently reproduced and the longest-lived, the canonical version of 'Cities Walking', is seen in flat elevation. There are other versions, invading New York…
Some more photos of W. Grey Walter and his Tortoises. BNI archives, courtesy of Owen Holland. BNI archives, courtesy of Owen Holland. BNI archives, courtesy of Owen Holland BNI archives, courtesy of Owen Holland BNI archives, courtesy of Owen Holland. BNI archives, courtesy of Owen Holland BNI archives, courtesy of…
Tokyo, Japan: The Orient's ancient rickshaw gets a very modern look near Tokyo recently. Hiromi Magara, clad in a kimono, smiles while riding in a robot driven (or drawn, if you will) rickshaw displayed at Honda's "New Idea" contest recently. The robot driven vehicle, devised by Honda Motors employee Ryugi…
Patent number: 4175 Patent filing year: 1874-01-01 Patent title: STEAM MAN OR WALKING MACHINE Name/City: ROE, CYRENIUS C.: HAMILTON, Ontario, Canada Year granted: 1874-12-15 Source: Star And Sentinel, 08 Aug 1878, p2. Letter from Reading.READING, PA., August 5, 1878. STAR AND SENTINEL,:—The visitors to the sea shore................. next column .....................…
At the debut press conference, Handyman twirled a hoola hoop and wielded a hammer. Handyman slave station being held up by a G.E. "O" Man. Handyman was built between 1958-59 at Schnetectady, New York for the joint AEC-USAF Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Program by Ralph Mosher. The idea of CAMs originated…
The last of Peter Holland's Mr. Robotham series of robots, "Mr. Robotham the Great". Super lightweight at 6 1/2 pounds. See complete pdf of "Mr. Robotham the Great" in Radio Modeller December 1981 here. See Peter's earlier robots from 1955 here. See other early Humanoid Robots here.
Tripod (The War of the Worlds) From Wikipedia Martian tripod illustration drawn by Henrique Alvim Corréa for a 1906 edition of the novel.Tripods or fighting-machines are a type of fictional three-legged walker from the H. G. Wells' classic science fiction novel The War of the Worlds, used by Martians to…
Pic of cover of Eagle - 20 Jan 1956 Vol 7 No. 1. Phant Walking tank. Concept working drawings including the "walking tank" [top left]. From Frank Hampson's "Ideas Book". Dan Dare - Rogue Planet 1955-7 The above images were taken by David Buckley when we travelled to the British…
Text below from Syd Mead's book SENTINEL The four-legged, gyro-balanced, walking cargo vehicle shown on pages 80-81 is from the US Steel Interface portfolio series [published in 1969 - see image below]. The environment is arctic and the mission is to deliver goods and critical supplies to an isolated exploratory…
The world's first concept for a powered exoskeleton ? We often forget that even the now bygone era of Steam power and locomotion was new and in its infancy, satirists looked at a future whereby the most absurd objects could be powered and animated. Locomotion - Walking by Steam,…
See Quester details and other references in David Buckley's website here. Quester was originally designed to be a micromouse maze solver, and later converted into a general purpose robot with added gripper (see above). David also has a reference to the history of Micromouse competitions here. For the original Micromouse…
"Moonlight Special" Photo at Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories Top - "Moonlight Special" , Middle- "Moonlight Flash" , Bottom Right - "Midnight Express" all in full dress. In 1977, Machine Design sponsored yet another mouse contest, "The great Clock Climbing Contest", coupled with the rediscovered information of the 1972 "Le Mouse…
Oakland Tribune 22 Aug 1957 Lauren V. Merritt, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.C. Merritt of El Cerrito, was concerned. "Gizzmo is acting up," he said. "Gizzmo" is a maze-solving robot. Push a button anywhere and a light bounces through a ?complicated maze? and "Gizzmo" remembers the way out.…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Feb 1, 1967 ........ He [Professor Meredith Wooldridge Thring, 51, professor of mechanical engineering at London's Queen Mary College] suggested a trip to one of his laboratories. "Here you see our mechanical rat," he explained. He pointed to a gadget about the size of a boy's electric…
Robert J. Curran's Mechanical Maze is included here as it is essentially a mechanical computer, exhibiting similar characteristics as other electro-mechanical maze solvers. As the mouse travels a path, if it has to back out due to a dead-end, the return pass triggers a mechanical latch to give the maze a…
pdf - Popular Electronics October 1962 Bionics Bionic "Mouse." As mentioned earlier, RCA is working on a far more complicated moving-target indicator containing hundreds of neurons which operates on the same principle. But perhaps the most important piece of neural-bionic hardware to come out of the laboratories so far is a…
Now in the Vienna Technical Museum. Period photo showing Richard Eier opening the covers of the Labyrinth. Zitat: Gerhard Chroust, "Cybernetic Animals at the Technical University of Vienna" , in IFSR Newsletter, Vol. 18, Nummer 2, Seite(n) 2, 1999 CYBERNETIC ANIMALS AT THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA G. Chroust Around…
za098 Labyrinth - Eier & Zemanek
Generalisation Of Learning In A Machine - Lee (Maze learning machine)