a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
Several feet away, the operator controls the arm from this chair. It can measure out liquid by the drop. "Adelbert"—Science's "Right Arm"—Can Even Write Its Name ALTHOUGH it looks more like a dentist's oversized drill, a gentle-acting mechanical arm called "Adelbert" is actually built like the human arm. It has an elbow, shoulder, wrist and …
Read More “1950 – Remote-control Manipulator – Art Youmans (American)”
I'm having difficulty in obtaining a copy of this magazine, so I have used the original article and illustrations from Matt Novak's wonderful Paleofuture/Smithsonian article here. Hugo Gernsback’s device was called the "radio teledactyl” and would allow doctors to not only see their patients through a viewscreen, but also touch them from miles away with spindly …
Read More “1925 – Teledactyl Remote Manipulator – Hugo Gernsback (German/American)”
Selective Timeline 1942 Robert Heinlein – Waldo 1943 – Deaton Puppet Animating Harness Patent 1948 GE Master-Slave Manipulator – John Payne 1948 Ray Goertz Master-Slave Manipulator 1953 Harvey Chapman – Garco 1954 Ray Goertz Electric Servo-Manipulator 1956 GE Yes Man – Exoskeleton Manipulator 1963 Science & Mechanics – "Waldo" as master-slave manipulators 1963 Rogers et …