Publication number US2987893 Publication date Jun 13, 1961 Filing date Oct 29, 1956 Inventor: Jack D. Robinson Jr. Original Assignee: American Machine & Foundry UNDERWATER CRAFT. Jack. D. Robinson, Jr., Norwalk, Conn., assignor to American Machine & Foundry Company, a corporation of New Jersey Filed Oct. 29, 1956. This invention relates to mobile underwater craft …
1953 – G.E. "O-Man" Manipulator Source: Popular Science, March 1964. G.E,'s Handyman is seen here mounted under an O-Man. Source: Meccano Magazine, February 1963. Perhaps the world's most powerful mechanical arm was developed several years ago in America. Named "O-Man" (for Overhead-MANipulator), this 15-ton remote-controlled giant makes possible the assembly or dismantling of large machinery …
Cyclic Action Bipedal Electric Railway by W. P. Holland Model Maker January 1956 The problem in view this month is that of penetrating dense scrub country – solved by taking big steps: indeed, when this machine throws its track nonchalantly over its left shoulder it fairly stamps its way through the offending greenery. You will …
Source: Popular Mechanics, Dec 1957. Although I've seen dates suggesting the Planobot was around since 1955, The first dates I've seen in publications start in 1956. The patent itself was filed 13 Mar 1957. "Planobot is for automationeers. It's a transfer device (Planet Corp., 1820 Sunset St., Lansing, Mich.) with five basic motions: Grasping …
Robots on your doorstep (a book about thinking machines) Nels Winkless, Iben Browning – 1978 – 178 pages Yogi is Smarter than the Average Bear …It is not widely remembered that Man has been the standard draft animal for most of "historical" times, quite apart from prehistory. Only very late in the game, during the …