a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
Details from British Pathe film clip here: 1337.25 | GARAGE ROBOT (1:41:02:00 – 1:42:03:00) 14/09/1953 Stratford St Mary, Suffolk. At a petrol station we see garage owner Ivan Robinson setting up his own invention – 'Horace the Robot' – on the forecourt. Horace is connected to an electric cable which makes him salute passing vehicles. …
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Seymour Papert's Turtle is included in this category for various reasons: 1. It marks the start of the continuance of our need for realization of concepts in the real world, satisfying our thousands of years old quest to build objects that mimic living things, (typically man's own image, but animals as well). 2. The minimal …
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ПроÑÑ‚Ð°Ñ ÐºÐ¸Ð±ÐµÑ€Ð½ÐµÑ‚Ð¸ÐºÐ° Ðвтор:Е. Копытов, Ð’. Салов, Т. Шорикова Ðазвание:ПроÑÑ‚Ð°Ñ ÐºÐ¸Ð±ÐµÑ€Ð½ÐµÑ‚Ð¸ÐºÐ° ИздательÑтво:ÐœÐ¾Ð»Ð¾Ð´Ð°Ñ Ð³Ð²Ð°Ñ€Ð´Ð¸Ñ Ð“Ð¾Ð´:1965 ———————- Simple cybernetics Author: E. Kopytov, V. Salov, T. Shorikova Title: A simple cybernetics Publisher: Young Guard Year: 1965 Thanks to Waldemar DekaÅ„ski from Poland for locating the source for this Cybernetic Tortoise. Original Russian text originally used found here. Pioneer in the …
Les amateurs de « zoologie » électronique sont aujourd'hui légion. Ici, une « tortue » réalisée par le chercheur belge André[sic] Delsemme et qui, comme ses consoeurs, est capable d'apprentissage (arch. ph. Boulanger/Ministère de l'Éducation nationale — Service Cinématographique, Bruxelles). English Translation The amateurs of electronic “zoology” are now legion. Here, a “cybernetic tortoise” made …
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From: Cybernetic Serendipity : The computer and the arts. Studio International special issue 2nd Ed revised Sep. 1968 Bruce Lacey – Mate 1967 Electronic parts, aluminium, batteries, motors, etc. 24 X 24 X 72 in. Built as a companion to R.O.S.A., which it follows automatically and generally interacts with. Using ultrasonics, infra-red and sonic signals. …
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