a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
In 1953, the Soviet acrobat, athlete, illusionist Anatoly Sokol (his real surname was Sadokha) has prepared an original attraction “The Miracles without Miracles”. The stunts, built on the use of telemechanics, high frequency currents, ultrasound, radio engineering (radio engineers A. Tyushkevich and V. Sidyakin), were performed for the first time in this attraction. In 1966 …
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Height : 1m (3.2 ft) Electric motor operated Radio remote controlled Sound produced by tape recorder Unique piece Private collection Radio-controlled gilt (gold leaf gilding) resin whisky table with agate tray. Arthur comes and welcomes visitors carrying tumblers and a whisky decanter in its tray while moving its neck, mouth, wings, and claws and making …
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zig – 1965 – styrofoam, motors. Above: Float. 1967. Osaka-1, Expo '70 Robert Breer Born in Detroit, 1926. 1949, after graduation from Stanford University (where he won the annual printing award), moved to Paris. Exhibited in group shows there at the Denise René Gallery from 1950 to 1955, and in 1955 participated …
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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. They have assembled no fewer …
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tm_1971_09p43RobotsSirbijak3 1967-Sibiryak-СибирÑк 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 robot is defined task, I …