Search results for ""

Results 3101 - 3150 of 3439 Page 63 of 69
Sorted by: Date | Sort by: Relevance Results per-page: 10 | 20 | 50 | All

1979 – “Vintage the Robot” – Tony Ellis (British)

  SERVO 01.2004 Vintage Anthony Ellis, Conceptioneer (inventor / product developer, www.appliedmachineintelligence.co.uk) is the trailblazing roboticist behind our first modern robot from the past. If you're new to robotics, or haven't kept up with news from across the pond, you probably haven't heard of this "vintage" robot. Meet Anthony Ellis' 23-year-old creation,…
Read more » 1979 – “Vintage the Robot” – Tony Ellis (British)

1977 – “Maizie the Robot” – David Strange (British)

Maisie the Robot (c1977) with David Strange. From a comment below, David Strange informs me that the robot he called Maizie was a maze solving robot whilst he was working for the BBC Open University. It was used in several programmes on cognitive psychology. Thanks David. From further correspondence with David…
Read more » 1977 – “Maizie the Robot” – David Strange (British)

1966 – Able Mabel – Meredith Thring (British)

    A prop for a Tomorrow's World segment in 1966 showing what Robots would be like in 1976. Although some parts appear to be electrically controlled (e.g. the popping eyes which are connected to the antenna 'ears'). the black slot is probably for the hidden operator to see what…
Read more » 1966 – Able Mabel – Meredith Thring (British)

1972-5 – TAIR Autonomous Robot – Amosov (Russian)

    The “Bible” of the Biocybernetics Department dnipt.irtc.org.ua/history.html In 1964 Nikolai Mikhailovitch Amosov formulated a hypothesis on the information processing mechanisms of the human brain. Within this hypothesis he expressed his system-level observations on the brain’s structure and the mechanisms that are made operational by a human’s mental functions.…
Read more » 1972-5 – TAIR Autonomous Robot – Amosov (Russian)

1977 – Klatu the Household Android – Quasar Industries (American)

Anthony Reichelt - president of Quasar Industries Inc. with Klatu sporting 'eyes' c1978. Klatu - [the name Klatu, it was claimed at the time, was based on the utterance of the speech synthesizer chip when the word "u-talk" was spoken in reverse. "Gort" is the name of the Robot in the movie "The Day…
Read more » 1977 – Klatu the Household Android – Quasar Industries (American)

1983 – ODEX-1 Functionoid Walking Robot – Stephen J. Bartholet (American)

ODEX I is a tele-operated walking machine. Initially developed by Steve Bartholet. Pic shows wooden mock-up. (pic from SERVO June 2004 article here.) see Popular Science Sep 1984 pdf here. see Robotics Age Sep-Oct 1983 pdf here. See ODEX-1 patents here:     There was an ODEX II and and ODEX III.…
Read more » 1983 – ODEX-1 Functionoid Walking Robot – Stephen J. Bartholet (American)

1970 – Conductor Robot – (Russian)

"Robot conductor was made by Russian children of the Oblast Station of Younf Technicians. According to the Soviets, robot has worked with Moscow's transportation system, greeting passenders and keeping accounts of tickets." Construction plans for a similar Robot Conductor (1973). See pdf here. VIDEO CLIP - see video clip here.

1964c – Vanya or GPTU – (Russian)

"Vanya the Muscovite hates loud noise. He can "feel" heat and draws back from it." - c1964 p239  "The Cybernetic Medley" The robot named GPTU is endowed with a faculty that is not inherent in man. It can sense radioactivity in addition to perceiving light, sound, heat and smartly circumventing…

1970 – Expo-70 Robot – Vadim Matskevich’s students (Russian)

1970 - Expo-70 Robot. Vadim Matskevich with his students.   "At the station, young technicians (ODT) Schelkovo Moscow region in 1969, the guys have created a cybernetic giant robot, successfully exhibited at the World Exhibition "EXPO - 70" in Japan." [RH Mar 2010- I suspect Matskevich had a hand in building…
Read more » 1970 – Expo-70 Robot – Vadim Matskevich’s students (Russian)

1969 – RZR (РЭМ) – Malinovsky & Bikchentaev (Russian)

Sometimes referred to as the "Robot from Kaliningrad". «Ð Ð­Ðœ» Built by: А. МАЛИНОВСКИЙ , Э. БИКЧЕНТАЕВ. A. Malinovsky, E. Bikchentaev. See pdf here containing "Radio" (Russian "Радио"), No 4 and 5 1970.  Part 3 is here. VIDEO CLIP - see here.  
Read more » 1969 – RZR (РЭМ) – Malinovsky & Bikchentaev (Russian)

1967 – Neptune (Нептун), Electron (электрон) – Vasilenko (Russian)

Electron (left) and Neptune (right) with child (Andryusha ?). Electron getting a drink (detail below). Source: Look and Learn - Young Scientist 1971 (Thanks to David Buckley for a copy of the original) Russian schoolchildren have been building robots who can wander through their city, Kalin[in]grad, and act as guides.…
Read more » 1967 – Neptune (Нептун), Electron (электрон) – Vasilenko (Russian)

1967 – Sibiryak (Сибиряк) – (Russian)

tm_1971_09p43RobotsSirbijak3 1967-Sibiryak-Сибиряк google translate "Sibiryak-3" VNUK, SIBIRYAKA-1 " AND SON "Sibiryak-2, familiar to our readers (see TM No. 6, 1967). Made in the Omsk region house engineering students vocational training schools No. 2 and No. 5. Inherited the family profession guide Pavilion «Proftehobrazovanie» to VDNKh. The sequence of actions the…
Read more » 1967 – Sibiryak (Сибиряк) – (Russian)

1966 – ARS (АРС) – Boris Grishin (Soviet)

http://www.energodetal.ru/kibernetika-dlya-lyubitelej/konstrukciya-kiberneticheskix-zverej/element-chuvstvitelnyj-k-zvuku Universal Robot ARS  Universal Robot ARS. This machine is the result of three years of Boris Grishin (Бориса Гришина) (USSR) and serves as the home secretary:  1.  Responds to telephone calls and provides a record of 25 ... 30 calls when the owner is not home.  From phone call triggered…
Read more » 1966 – ARS (АРС) – Boris Grishin (Soviet)

1966 – Bip-Bipom John (Бип-Бипом джон) – Nicholas Fedichkin (Russian)

A non-perfect OCR with a non-perfect English translation No. 12 города Кустаная. А рядом с Бип-Бипом джон (снимок 2). это не заморский гость, он « роднлся » в поселке Металлострой, что под Ленинградом. Ростом 130 см (без антенн), весом в 40 кг, джон имеет относительно простую конструкцию, вполне доступную для…
Read more » 1966 – Bip-Bipom John (Бип-Бипом джон) – Nicholas Fedichkin (Russian)

1963 – Сепулька (Sepulka) the Guide Robot – (Russian)

Sepulka ( Сепулька ) is a Visitor guide robot at the Russian Polymus Museum and is still in active service. Sepulka model  
Read more » 1963 – Сепулька (Sepulka) the Guide Robot – (Russian)

1960 – ТУМ (TUM) – Vadim Matskevich (Soviet)

Illustration above showing a depiction of "ЧТС" shaking hands with "ТУМ". Вадим Викторович Мацкевич  - Vadim Viktorovich Matskevich built quite a few robots in his lifetime. For further infomation on Matskevich, see here.  
Read more » 1960 – ТУМ (TUM) – Vadim Matskevich (Soviet)

1959 – РУМ (RUM) a.k.a ЧТС – Vadim Matskevich (Russian)

Above pic shows the name "ЧТС" (HTC) . Otherwise it is the same robot as those below. The cover of one of Matskevich's books on robots. The construction of this robot is detailed in the above pamphlet. The folded broadsheet is not reproduced here. The illustration on the pamphlet is…
Read more » 1959 – РУМ (RUM) a.k.a ЧТС – Vadim Matskevich (Russian)

1936-37 – B2M – (ROM or V2M) – Vadim Matskevich (Russian)

ROM (or V2M) as it appeared in the 1937 Paris Exhibition. Possibly the first Russian Humanoid Robot ever built. [Note: I haven't quite worked out the Russian <-> English translation of this Robots names as yet.] Retired Lieutenant Colonel Vadim Viktorovich Matskevich turned 82 years old [in 2002] .  As well as…
Read more » 1936-37 – B2M – (ROM or V2M) – Vadim Matskevich (Russian)

1975 – AROK – Ben Skora (American)

Miss Nude World with AROK - click here only if over the age of 18. VIDEO CLIPS See 1979 French newsreel clip here showing Arok, SNEB, and Ben Skora's automated house. "Home Movie" DVD extract (6 minutes into 9 minute clip) See also this clip made by Ben's friend and modern…

1954 – Robert the Robot & 1955 – Arthur the Robot – Kirt Golden (American)

(above) Robert the Robot  is the first robot built by Kirt Golden in 1954. Interesting robot built by Kirt Golden, age 16 at the time (1955). Limited budget led him to realize that one dextrous arm is sufficient to perform most tasks. For a small robot, it had sufficient weight…
Read more » 1954 – Robert the Robot & 1955 – Arthur the Robot – Kirt Golden (American)

1970 – Percy – Dennis Weston (British)

Inventor controls his robots up to two miles away One of England's most ingenious robot inventors is Dennis Weston of Leeds. His best known creation is Tinker, a six-foot-taII robot that can be programmed for such tasks as washing a car (upper right). Tinker is activated by some 430 motors…

1969 – Commander Robot – David Coleman (American)

      First year of skating and he's in the Follies! Commander Robot is a 7-foot, 4-inch aluminum and plexiglass creation whose skating skill rates him a featured spot in Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies of 1969—as well as an admiring glance from another skater who obviously is not…
Read more » 1969 – Commander Robot – David Coleman (American)

1966 – Tinker the Robot – Dennis Weston (British)

[cyberneticzoo: Dec 2014]- Tinker the Robot lives! One of my favourite robots from all time has been found and will be cleaned-up over the next few months. Initially he was thought to have been scrapped. Thanks to Paul Weston, Dennis Weston's grandson by his first marriage, for the news and…
Read more » 1966 – Tinker the Robot – Dennis Weston (British)

1965 – Unknown Robot – (Hungarian)

I first saw this robot on the cover of Tihamér Nemes book on Cybernetic Machines (German edition 1967). I assumed it to be a toy. It wasn't until I found the video clip that I realized it was a full-size humanoid. Other than that, I know little about this robot.…

1963 – Electric Actors – Bruce Lacey (British)

See video clip showing both of the "Electric Actors" in motion, amongst other assemblages. SPARE PART ART Your browser does not support iframes. "Electric Man Mark I" as he was in June 2009 when I visited Bruce along with David Buckley who joined me on my 'old robot' pilgrimage.  The…
Read more » 1963 – Electric Actors – Bruce Lacey (British)

1961 – Unknown Robot – (Chinese)

I know very little about this Chinese robot. It is the first full-size humanoid robot I have seen from China. The video clip is found here. You will need to register first (for free), then login. Search for "1961 14 8" including the quotation marks. The clip is titled UN ROBOT…

1965 – Cybernetic Dog – (Russian)

Простая кибернетика Автор:Е. Копытов, Ð’. Салов, Т. Шорикова Название:Простая кибернетика Издательство:Молодая гвардия Год:1965 ---------------------- Simple cybernetics Author: E. Kopytov, V. Salov, T. Shorikova Title: A simple cybernetics Publisher: Young Guard Year: 1965 See pdf Thanks to Waldemar DekaÅ„ski  from Poland for locating the source for this Cybernetic Dog.

1962-64 – GE Pedipulator – Ralph Mosher (American)

Concepts done 1962, test Pedipulator demonstrated in 1964. It was never completed as a poposal for a more useful quadruped was put forward and accepted (see here ). See Popular Mechanics Oct 1965 article here (pdf). See video clip of Pedipulator here. The Gaumont video site is a pain to use. One must be…
Read more » 1962-64 – GE Pedipulator – Ralph Mosher (American)
To Top