(above) Robert the Robot is the first robot built by Kirt Golden in 1954. Interesting robot built by Kirt Golden, age 16 at the time (1955). Limited budget led him to realize that one dextrous arm is sufficient to perform most tasks. For a small robot, it had sufficient weight…
Inventor controls his robots up to two miles away One of England's most ingenious robot inventors is Dennis Weston of Leeds. His best known creation is Tinker, a six-foot-taII robot that can be programmed for such tasks as washing a car (upper right). Tinker is activated by some 430 motors…
First year of skating and he's in the Follies! Commander Robot is a 7-foot, 4-inch aluminum and plexiglass creation whose skating skill rates him a featured spot in Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies of 1969—as well as an admiring glance from another skater who obviously is not…
[cyberneticzoo: Dec 2014]- Tinker the Robot lives! One of my favourite robots from all time has been found and will be cleaned-up over the next few months. Initially he was thought to have been scrapped. Thanks to Paul Weston, Dennis Weston's grandson by his first marriage, for the news and…
I first saw this robot on the cover of Tihamér Nemes book on Cybernetic Machines (German edition 1967). I assumed it to be a toy. It wasn't until I found the video clip that I realized it was a full-size humanoid. Other than that, I know little about this robot.…
See video clip showing both of the "Electric Actors" in motion, amongst other assemblages. SPARE PART ART Your browser does not support iframes. "Electric Man Mark I" as he was in June 2009 when I visited Bruce along with David Buckley who joined me on my 'old robot' pilgrimage. The…
I know very little about this Chinese robot. It is the first full-size humanoid robot I have seen from China. The video clip is found here. You will need to register first (for free), then login. Search for "1961 14 8" including the quotation marks. The clip is titled UN ROBOT…
ПроÑÑ‚Ð°Ñ ÐºÐ¸Ð±ÐµÑ€Ð½ÐµÑ‚Ð¸ÐºÐ° Ðвтор:Е. Копытов, Ð’. Салов, Т. Шорикова Ðазвание:ПроÑÑ‚Ð°Ñ ÐºÐ¸Ð±ÐµÑ€Ð½ÐµÑ‚Ð¸ÐºÐ° ИздательÑтво:ÐœÐ¾Ð»Ð¾Ð´Ð°Ñ Ð³Ð²Ð°Ñ€Ð´Ð¸Ñ Ð“Ð¾Ð´:1965 ---------------------- Simple cybernetics Author: E. Kopytov, V. Salov, T. Shorikova Title: A simple cybernetics Publisher: Young Guard Year: 1965 See pdf Thanks to Waldemar DekaÅ„ski from Poland for locating the source for this Cybernetic Dog.
Concepts done 1962, test Pedipulator demonstrated in 1964. It was never completed as a poposal for a more useful quadruped was put forward and accepted (see here ). See Popular Mechanics Oct 1965 article here (pdf). See video clip of Pedipulator here. The Gaumont video site is a pain to use. One must be…