a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
1989 – Shinkai 6500 Submersible. In Japanese, shinkai means deep sea. Aptly named, the Shinkai 6500 (ã—ã‚“ã‹ã„) is a manned research submersible that can dive up to a depth of 6,500 m. It was completed in 1989 and until 2012 it had the greatest depth range of any manned research vehicle in the world. The …
Translated from Russian here as at 2011. pr.16810 "Rus" [пр.16810 "РуÑÑŒ"] pr.16811 "Consul" [пр.16811 "КонÑул"] Manned deep-propelled underwater vehicle / ship 3 rank – a standalone deep-sea vehicle. The project unit developed SPMDB "Malachite" (St. Petersburg). Design submersibles on the instructions of the Soviet Navy and is designed to dive to a depth of 6000 …
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American manned lunar rover. Study 1989. MOSAP (MObile Surface APplication traverse vehicle) was the pressurized lunar rover that was the key to NASA’s 90-Day-Study moon base concept of 1989. It would greatly extend the range of manned lunar expeditions. MOSAP had a maximum range of 3000 km with a nominal speed of 10 kph. MOSAP …
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Frame walkers are a class of mobile robots that are robust and capable mobility platforms. Variations of the frame walker robot are in commercial use today are: Komatsu Ltd. of Japan developed the Remotely Controlled Underwater Surveyor (ReCUS) and Normed Shipyards of France developed the Marine Robot (RM3). Both applications of the frame walker …
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The Man-Amplifier The figure above shows a model of the Man-Amplifier proposed by Ross-Hime Designs. It has twenty-six degrees-of-freedom, excluding the hands. A 500 Lbs load capacity is engineered. The modular building block approach applied to the arm and leg actuators simplifies maintenance and reduces parts inventory. Singularity free, pitch-yaw type joints are utilized in …