a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
La Petit Journal N°1135 DU 18 AOUT 1912. "MLLE CLAIRE", L’INFIRMIERE AUTOMATE DE L’HOPITAL BRETONNEAU.,8 PAGES, FORMAT 31CM X 45CM. p2 The original French followed by a not very good machine translation. A propos de a Mlle Claire ». Histoire des automates. Vaucanson. Son canard. Le mystère d'une digestion. Le mannequin joueur d'échecs. C'est une …
See patent here Patent number: 1008348 , by Horace A. Mann Filing date: Jul 11, 1910 Issue date: Nov 1911
Placemarker entry only from Des Moines Daily News 14 Jan 1906 p10 IN VAUDEVILLE. James Bingham, the ventriloquist, with his mechanical walking figures will appear this week. [If anyone has any further information on Bingham's walking figures I will add it here and credit you with it.]
Edward Payson Weston was one of Americas earliest and famous 'pedestrians', walking all over the country for most of his life. A Walking Automaton was built in his likeness by a currently unknown inventor. The Evening World 14 Jan 1893 p5 Huber's 14th Street Museum. The walking automaton. Walks like a living man. The Trenton Times 15 Oct …
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Early Chinese Mechanical Horse / Ox The wooden ox (木牛æµé¦¬ï¼Œlit. wooden ox flowing horse) was created by Zhuge Liang while he served Shu-Han. It was a thought to be either a mechanical, walking replica of an ox whose main purpose was to carry supplies such as grain to an army that was running low on supplies. …
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