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1964 – Walking City – Ron Herron (British)

The Visions of Ron Herron - Reyner Banham - Architectural Monographs No. 38 1994 THAT MOST FAMOUS OF ALL IMAGES to come out of Archigram, the most frequently reproduced and the longest-lived, the canonical version of 'Cities Walking', is seen in flat elevation. There are other versions, invading New York…
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W. Grey Walter Tortoises – Picture Gallery #2

Some more photos of W. Grey Walter and his Tortoises. BNI archives, courtesy of Owen Holland. BNI archives, courtesy of Owen Holland. BNI archives, courtesy of Owen Holland BNI archives, courtesy of Owen Holland BNI archives, courtesy of Owen Holland. BNI archives, courtesy of Owen Holland BNI archives, courtesy of…
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1981 – Robot Rickshaw – Ryugi Sugama (Japanese)

Tokyo, Japan: The Orient's ancient rickshaw gets a very modern look near Tokyo recently. Hiromi Magara, clad in a kimono, smiles while riding in a robot driven (or drawn, if you will) rickshaw displayed at Honda's "New Idea" contest recently. The robot driven vehicle, devised by Honda Motors employee Ryugi…
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1874 – Adam Ironsides – The Steam Man – C. C. Roe a.k.a. Capt. Rowe (Canadian)

Patent number: 4175 Patent filing year: 1874-01-01 Patent title: STEAM MAN OR WALKING MACHINE Name/City: ROE, CYRENIUS C.: HAMILTON, Ontario, Canada Year granted: 1874-12-15 Source: Star And Sentinel, 08 Aug 1878, p2. Letter from Reading.READING, PA., August 5, 1878. STAR AND SENTINEL,:—The visitors to the sea shore................. next column   .....................…
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1958-9 – GE Handyman – Ralph Mosher (American)

At the debut press conference, Handyman twirled a hoola hoop and wielded a hammer. Handyman slave station being held up by a G.E. "O" Man. Handyman was built between 1958-59 at Schnetectady, New York for the joint AEC-USAF Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Program by Ralph Mosher. The idea of CAMs originated…
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1980 – Mr. Robotham the Great – Peter Holland (British)

The last of Peter Holland's Mr. Robotham series of robots, "Mr. Robotham the Great". Super lightweight at 6 1/2 pounds. See complete pdf of "Mr. Robotham the Great" in Radio Modeller December 1981 here. See Peter's earlier robots from 1955 here. See other early Humanoid Robots here.
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1913 – The Thing (Martian Fighting Machine – Tripod) – H.G. Wells (British)

Tripod (The War of the Worlds) From Wikipedia Martian tripod illustration drawn by Henrique Alvim Corréa for a 1906 edition of the novel.Tripods or fighting-machines are a type of fictional three-legged walker from the H. G. Wells' classic science fiction novel The War of the Worlds, used by Martians to…
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1955 – Phant Walking Tank (Dan Dare) – Frank Hampson (British)

Pic of cover of Eagle - 20 Jan 1956 Vol 7 No. 1. Phant Walking tank. Concept working drawings including the "walking tank" [top left]. From Frank Hampson's "Ideas Book". Dan Dare - Rogue Planet 1955-7 The above images were taken by David Buckley when we travelled to the British…
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1969 – Walking Cargo Vehicle – Syd Mead (American)

Text below from Syd Mead's book SENTINEL The four-legged, gyro-balanced, walking cargo vehicle shown on pages 80-81 is from the US Steel Interface portfolio series [published in 1969 - see image below]. The environment is arctic and the mission is to deliver goods and critical supplies to an isolated exploratory…
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1830c – Walking by Steam – Robert Seymour (British)

The world's first concept for a powered exoskeleton ? We often forget that even the now bygone era of Steam power and locomotion was new and in its infancy, satirists looked at a future whereby the most absurd objects could be powered and animated.   Locomotion - Walking by Steam,…
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