1984 – OSU ASV (Adaptive Suspension Vehicle) – Waldron & McGhee (American)
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA139111&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf
a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA139111&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf