a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
1913 – Manipulator Arm For Diving Bell by Charles Petit. Moving means for the Arbeitsgeraet of diving equipment Publication number DE321916 C Publication date Jun 15, 1920 Filing date Mar 5, 1913 Applicant Charles Petit See German patent here. See other early Underwater Robots here.
1909 – Apparatus for Submarine Operations – Pierre Eugene Galoffre Apparatus for submarine operations. Publication number US935485 A Publication type Grant Publication date 28 Sep 1909 Filing date 8 Jan 1909 Priority date 8 Jan 1909 Inventors Pierre Eugene Galoffre Original Assignee Pierre Eugene Galoffre Be it known that I, PIERRE EUGENE GALOFFRE, citizen of …
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1905 – Diving Dress – M. de Pluvy. L'EXPRESS DU MIDI 14 April 1905, a French newspaper, mentions M. De Pluvy's diving dress, hence giving it an earlier date of 1905 rather than Scientific American's 1906 date. The Helmet was subject to a French patent, No. 361910 filed in 1905. Source: Scientific American December 1906 …
1878 – Diving Suit by the Carmagnolle Bros. The suit was the first truly anthropomorphic suit design to be constructed. A distinctive feature of the Carmagnolle suit was the helmet. It had 25 individual two-inch diameter glass viewing ports spaced at the average distance of the human eyes. An additional port at the top of …
1970-2 – "Virgule" Remote-Controlled Manipulator. Virgule being demonstrated at an exhibition. See 1:14 and 4:16 into video clip. The MA22 arm (slave unit shown) was very innovative at the time. The motors counterbalance the rest of the arm. It was replaced in 1975 by the MA23 which is still highly successful today. The Virgule was …
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