a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
Gaston Decamps participated also in the International Exhibition of 1937, creating with his friend Paul Durand, the "Professeur Arcadius" for the Pavilion of the Toy. New Scientist 12th Apr 1962 Another modern automaton, this time a writer, is known as Professor Arcadius. He was built by M M. Durand and Decamps and can write a number …
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18th September 1966: Chris Southall and the students of Farnborough College take Robot Rodnee for a walk in London during Rag Week*. (Photo by William Lovelace/Express/Getty Images) The robot was to walk 50 miles to London to raise money for charity. *Rag Week – a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of …
Queen Juliana opens Holland's Flower Show in 1955. SABOR greets her and she accepts a gift of flowers from him. See Video clip here. register for free, then login and search for "100 YEAR OLD HAARLEMMEERPOLDER" Film Title: QUEEN JULIANA OPENS FAIR – HOLLAND Card Title: 100 YEAR OLD HAARLEMMEERPOLDER Location: Harlem, Holland Date: 07/07/1955 Length: 41 secs …
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SABOR V – showing battered body (arms), and updated electronics. The Second World War interrupted August Huber's plans to implement a further attempt of his SABOR series. The earlier SABOR IV had good mechanics, but Huber was not happy with the electrical controls. Electrical Engineer Peter Steuer continued Hubers’ work from his 1947 SABOR IV and developed …
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From “Automata”, Chapuis and Droz. Translated by Alec Reid 1958. The working of the second robot (Televox was described earlier) is much gentler. It is called “Sabor,” a Swiss giant, the brain-child of Auguste Huber, who brought it into the world in Appenzell. At the request of a newspaper, Huber himself has thus summarised the …