a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
Cosme, le chevalier de lumière… est le dernier né et le géant des automates. Nous voilà bien loin des premières poupées articulées. Cosme n'est pas seulement colossal (5 m. de haut, 1.350 kg), il a de l'ambition et veut synthétiser en lui l'humanité présente et future dans le contexte technique qui est le nôtre. Animé …
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Douglas Trumbull with Drone #02, "Huey", in his personal collection at the time. [Starlog] Doug Trumbull talking to the actors inside the Drone suits. Poor quality picture of Doug Turnbull with "Huey" in his office. [Source: The Victoria Advocate, 4 Aug 1977] Early Concept Drawings Drone Concept drawings. The credited people behing the Drones are …
Source: Mark Fisher: staged architecture by Eric Holding – 2000 Dynamat Whilst studying for his Diploma at the AA (1969-71) under Peter Cook, Fisher continued to investigate the potential of inflatable technology, and took a particular interest in the way it could create environments able to respond quickly to a user's changing physical …
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Thursday; 14 October 1971 Naval Anthropomorphic Teleoperator (NAT) developed by MBAssociates, San Ramon, California, under a joint Navy-NASA-AEC contract. Slave arm and 3-D TV system mounted on Tripod. Exoskeleton master controller worn by operator (Donald F. Adamski) to the right in the photograph. Naval Anthropomorphic Teleoperator (NAT) The kinematic arrangement is shown in Figure 3.2.2-7(c)[not …
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Shown above is the original three legged walking machine. Contrary to above caption, the 3-legged walker was developed in 1971. Van Derhei, Jack (ed.) / The Wisconsin engineer Volume 77, Number 2 (November 1972) Sanborn, Steve Everyone should walk, pp. 8-9 During the 1971 Engineering Exposition people on this campus were exposed for the first time …
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