The below video clip was recently placed on Youtube by Neil Mizen's son. The person in the video and in the below pics is Ronald J. Patterson, a technician from Cornell Aeronautical Labs at the time. ll Note: The description above incorrectly describes the exoskeleton as having motors. Unfortunately Cornell…
Machines With Strength - Science Journal Oct 1968.
Exoskeleton Man Amplifier - Mechanix Illustrated Dec 1961.
Exoskeleton Man Amplifier - Popular Science Nov 1965
Preliminary Design of an Exoskeleton Neil J. Mizen 1962.
Exoskeleton - Neil J. Mizen-1964
As a child, I really wanted one of these! Of the three built, two may still be in existance at the Rancho Los Amigos. **Video clip via youtube - has both the Moon walker prototype and the chair** Either an early version, or the prototype for the later Iron Mule…
This page shows a timeline of significant events in the development of Teleoperators, Exoskeletons and Industrial Robots with dates showing the creation or announcement of these machines. Check out the updates page for recent posts. There are many way to sub-categorize Teleoperators, from remote manipulators, Man-amplifiers and exoskeletons, prosthetics and orthotics,…
Image found on flickr. Exhibit now located at Musée Mécanique, San Francisco. See video clip here. from Mechanix Illustrated May 1947 from Popular Science Jan 1939.
The above image from Popular Science April, 1933. The Harford Courant Mar 6, 1933 p16 Italian Designs Mechanical Horse From Steel Tubing ---- Device Looks Like Grasshopper Stepping Along Road Spezia, Italy—(AP.)—A mechanical horse, designed to substitute for the farm animal or even light tractor, has been invented by an…