1987-90 Mechanical Animals – Adrian Wareham (British)
Source: Weekly World News 6 Feb1990. Adrian Wareham built a mechanical spider for the following year, but I have no images of that machine.
Tag: Walking Machines
1957-60 – Walking Machine(s) – Joseph Shigley (American)
There are at least two variations of the walking machines attributed to Prof. Joseph E. Shigley, then from the University of Michigan. The first relates to the pantograph leg with some descriptions suggesting up to 16 legs were to be used – 4 gangs of 4 legs so a leg was on the ground at any …
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1868 – Walking Vehicle – R. C. Vernol (American)
Patent number: 74176 Issue date: 1868 see here.
1917 – Walking Tractor – (Unknown) (American)
Popular Mechanics October 1917 p520-1 In plowing and cultivating, a well-trained, intelligent train of horses means much to a farmer. Therefore it is not surprising that many agriculturists are slow in accepting the tractor, with its clumsy wheels and grinding motor, for such work. For these reluctant ruralists, however, a new kind of machine has …
1930 – Schreitender Motorwagen / Streitwagen (Walking car) – von Bechtolsheim (Germany)
The Schreitender Motorwagen / Streitwagen (Walking car) invented by Therese Freifrau von Bechtolsheim geb. Grafin Fugger-Kirchberg, Dr.Georg Freiherr von Bechtolsheim, Max Freiherr von Bechtolsheim and Berthamarie Freifrau von Nothafft geb. Freiin Von Bechtolsheim, (not Baron von Bechtolsheim aka Clemens von Bechtolsheim) in 1930 (and not 1913 as reported elsewhere). There is very little information to be …
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