a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
Jogging Machine Invented, Awaits Market . Daytona Beach Morning Journal – Dec 15, 1978 HYDE PARK. NY – Burt Shulman gently touched the throttle of the little machine strapped to his back. Suddenly he wasn't Burt Shulman at all, but Mercury about to become Icarus, a quiet mechanical engineer who was now the Match of …
Biomechanical foundations of locomotion design (1978) by V S Gurfinkel, S V Fomin, Moscow Lomonosov State University published in 1st CISM-IFToMM Symposium, Vol 1 p. 133 see p 160 Robots and Telechirs – Thring In a study of the biomechanical principles of construction artificial walking systems, Gurfinkel and Fomin used aq system consisting of a …
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"Moonlight Special" Photo at Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories Top – "Moonlight Special" , Middle- "Moonlight Flash" , Bottom Right – "Midnight Express" all in full dress. In 1977, Machine Design sponsored yet another mouse contest, "The great Clock Climbing Contest", coupled with the rediscovered information of the 1972 "Le Mouse 5000" contest that spurred on …
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