Autonomous Mobile Robot (MAR-1) [Мобильный автономный робот (ÐœÐÐ -1)] was created by the Division of agricultural robotics at the Moscow Institute of Agricultural Engineers in the early 1980s in the Soviet Union. English text and some images sourced from Vadym Shvachko's Robotic blog here. The first model of MAR-1. Image source – Юный техник 1982-11, Ñтраница 16 The first …
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Sepulka ( Сепулька ) is a Visitor guide robot at the Russian Polymus Museum and is still in active service. Sepulka model
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.
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 of another Matskevich robot. Вадим …
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