a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
1912 – Dreadnought Wheel and "Big Lizzie" – Frank Bottrill A dreadnaught wheel is a wheel with articulated rails attached at the rim to provide a firm footing for the wheel to roll over, they have also been known as endless railway wheels when fitted to road locomotives, and were commonly fitted to steam traction …
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1899 – Walking Wheel patent by James C. Anderson Publication number US647245 A Publication type Grant Publication date Apr 10, 1900 Filing date Aug 16, 1899 Priority date Aug 16, 1899 Inventors James C Anderson Original Assignee James C Anderson My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in wheels for use upon vehicles …
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1846 – Walking Wheel by James Boydell A dreadnaught wheel is a wheel with articulated rails attached at the rim to provide a firm footing for the wheel to roll over, they have also been known as endless railway wheels when fitted to road locomotives, and were commonly fitted to steam traction engines. Bottrill's "Big …
After recently posting the entry on Vladimir Ischein's Walking Wheel (1983), I recalled having seen something similar. It turned out to be the toy "Space Crawler" of Major Matt Mason from 1967. This toy led to several other toymakers making similar devices. 1967 – Mattel's Major Matt Mason's Space Crawler Some Space Crawler Images sourced …
1983 – Soviet Walking Wheel by Vladimir Ischein. Google translation of original article here. I have not attempted to correct it. During its 50-year history of our magazine § repeatedly told about the vehicles with conventional propulsion. In recent years, interest in beskolesiym machines has increased significantly. This is due primarily to the development of …
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