a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
An Armored Sea-Monster This machine is not really a sea-monster, but the newest thing in diving 'bells', although in this case the operation and construction resembles a miniature submarine. It was invented by Emil Kulik, 52-year-old former sea captain and naval officer, Brooklyn, N.Y. It is plentifully supplied with windows, the driver sitting within and …
1930 – Submarine Salvage Robot by Harry L. Bowdoin Artists depiction of Salvage tank. Really a cross between Bowdoin's Armoured Suit and the Diving Bell. Source: The Ogden Standard Examiner, Feb 21, 1932. Another artists depiction of the diving apparatus. Source: Modern Mechanics and Invention, Sept 1931. Large Robot Diving Bell to Explore for …
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Joseph Salim Peress with his "Tritonia" Diving Armour. Extract from Wiki: Joseph Salim Peress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Salim Peress Born 1896, Died June 4, 1978 In 1918 Peress began working for WG Tarrant at Byfleet, United Kingdom, where he was given the space and tools to develop his ideas about constructing an …
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The devices perform alternating and quite different mechanical works which are controlled by a person. The object of the present construction is to amplify the force of a man and perform different kinds of mechanical works which otherwise have to be performed by hand. The principal kind of works to be performed are digging, pile-driving, …
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(Image courtesy Tim Hornyak – author of "Loving the Machine" 2006) Text from the same book, p38 … In 1929, Fritz Lang's Metropolis, which featured the female robot Maria, opened in Japan and proved a wild success. The following year saw an exhibition titled "Tokyo in the Year 1990" at the Matsuzakawa department store in …