1965 – Hexy – a light-seeking robot – G. Draper (British)
'HEXY' – a real sexy homing device. Published in Radio Control Models & Electronics, March 1965. This simple light-seeking device is novel in that it scans when the drive motor is reversed.
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1975-6 – R2-D2 (from Star Wars) – John Stears (British)
Not so well known is that there were two main types of R2-D2's in the original Star Wars space opera. The models operated by Kenny Baker, the other a radio-controlled (R/C) model. Visually the main difference is the Kenny Baker model only ever had two legs, and the R/C version had three, although the single …
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1966 “Dalek” Radio-Controlled Model – C. Rowland (British)
An early, if not the first plans for a radio-controlled model of a Dalek by C. Rowlands as published in Radio Control models and Electronics Jan 1966 (really for Chrismas, Dec 1965). see pdf here
1961 – “Rainbow” the Radio-Controlled Doll – A.M. Atton (British)
See pdf here VIDEO CLIP You will need to register (free) and login to http://www.movietone.com/ , then search for the following: Film Title: A LIVIN' DOLL Card Title: THE LIVIN DOLL Location: London, England Date: 25/07/1960 Length: 51 secs Story Number: 80678 Description: This is "Rainbow", the radio-controlled doll, seen here beside the basement …
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1964 – “Fred”, a light-seeking creature – Peter Holland (British)
Fred – a light-seeking robot by Peter Holland. from Radio Control Models & Electronics, December 1964. Fred is a light seeking elictrically propelled tricycle with a light sensitive automatic homing device. The basic principles of light sensitive circuits have been combined with a simple scanning device to give proportional automatic steering to a single driving …
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