a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
During some earlier research on Walking Machines, discovered an article in The Salt Lake Tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah), March 09, 1913 headlined "The Giant Mechanical Mosquitoes Of Dr. Gustav Luchy." Now that it's come time to write it up, I see that Lyle Zapato's in his blog ZPi has already done a fine job in researching …
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SABOR with younger "brother" Nico (left) in Chicago. A video clip of SABOR's younger brother and sister can be found on the Archivio Storico Istituto Luce site here. The site is in Italian. Check box "archivio cinematografico" and search on "Notizie brevi da Gossau". Girl reading brochure on SABOR as handed out by Nico (Gossau, St Gallen, …
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A period photo of SABOR as "ORBITUS" – Image courtesy Barbara Douvalakis – Peter Steuer's daughter. SABOR V in the "Die Roboter Kommen!" exhibition in Berlin, 2007. Sabor's remaining spares held in the EBM Museum, Switzerland. SABOR V with his "Orbitus" head gear taken off. In 1964, Sabor conformed to the astronaut look and temporarily …
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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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