a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
1969 – NR-1 Submersible by General Dynamics. Early design sketch of the NR-1 sub. Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat Laid down: 10 June 1967 Launched: 25 January 1969 Source: Wikipedia NR-1 is able to land on the seafloor on a pair of retractable wheels and can lift heavy objects with a manipulator arm system. NR-1's …
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1923 – EPRON-1 Humidistat – E. G. Danilenko. ГидроÑтат Даниленко Е.Г. «ÐПРОÐ-1» Source: here. Original text by Alexey Rasshivalov, translated to English by Google translate. The first domestic ( and second in the world) DHD humidistat , better known as " EPRON -1 ." Built in 1923, the project EG Danilenko . Heavy machine to …
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1971 – Trieste II Submersible with Manipulator Arm. DSV-1 Trieste II When the submarine Thresher was lost on 10 April 1963, a committee established under Admiral Stephan [the Oceanographer of the Navy] to assess the implications of the accident concluded that the Navy did not have the operational assets to conduct missions in the deep sea. The …
1968 – Beaver Mark IV Submersible by North American Rockwell. Renamed “Roughneck” in 1969. Each of the two manipulators has a 9-ft reach, eight degrees-of-freedom, and a 50-lb lifting capacity. The two manipulators can be equipped with nine different tools to perform various tasks. These tools are: impact wrench, hook hand, parallel jaws, cable cutter, …
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1961 – Trieste Submersible with Manipulator Arm by Harold Froehlich – General Mills. Image source: Manned Submersibles, Frank Bushby, 1976. The Trieste was purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1958. Development of the manipulator arm, instigated by Don Walsh, was done by Harold "Bud" Froehlich of General Mills. Based on the Model 150 arm, it was finally …
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