Above: Images and text are from the book of the German exhibition "Die Roboter Kommen!" 2007. Werberoboter „Roberto", 1950er Jahre Museumsstiftung Post und Telekommunikation Die 1950er Jahre bildeten eine erste Blütezeit der Werberoboter. Unter großer Anteilnahme von Presse und Öffentlichkeit stapften überlebensgroße Blechmänner durch die Straßen, deren technisches Vermögen meist…
AU SALON DE L'AUTOMOBILE, UN ROBOT FAITS LA COUR AUX DAMES C'este un robot qui reçoit les client d'un des stands du Salon de l'Automobile. Il mesur 1m.83 et pèse 83 kg. Il marche; parle, répond aux questions des visiteurs; baisse les yeux; et rougit devant les femmes; mais est…
Robot Cyclist will Ride the Streets. A robot cyclist named Dynamo Joe, capable of propelling himself unaided through the streets has been built by students of Bristol University Engineering Department as the main attraction of the University's Rag Week, which begins Wednesday 28th February 1951. The robot's body is made…
Edward Chace Tolman (1886 - 1959) was an American psychologist. He was most famous for his studies on behavioral psychology. In my research for the write-up for this post, I found that the introduction to Endo and Arkin's 2000 paper on Implementing Tolman's Sowbug the best. I've reproduced the introduction…
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Indianapolis Star 12 Feb AUTOMOBILE WITH LEGS INSTEAD OF WHEELS INVENTED WASHINGTON. Feb. 11.- Invention of an automobile equipped with four legs instead of wheels is claimed by James William Bryan, a Washington man. who says he has forty patents, some of them basic, for such a machine. He has…
Popular Mechanics October 1917 p520-1 In plowing and cultivating, a well-trained, intelligent train of horses means much to a farmer. Therefore it is not surprising that many agriculturists are slow in accepting the tractor, with its clumsy wheels and grinding motor, for such work. For these reluctant ruralists, however, a…
Patent number: 1221970 . See full patent details here. Filing date: Feb 20, 1917 Issue date: Apr 10, 1917 Fort Wayne News 01 May 1917 p6 THE WALKING DOLLS. Harry Coleman of New Palace to Make Them a Fad. Harry Coleman's convict clad walking doll is going to have a…
With Sonar using Zenith television remote control 40kHz audio transducers, and vision using the then new vidicon image tubes. Mod II is actually facing forward, to the front. the boom arm if effectively its right-arm and extends when searching for an AC outlet. The Zenith ultrasonic transducors can be seen both…
Pre-Vision version. See earlier and later models 1961 - APL-JHU "Ferdinand" Mod I 1962-5- APL-JHU Hopkins "Beast" Mod II with extended sonar & vision In below Video clip, see 1min 50secs in for 1min 40 seconds. Update: July 2013 - JHU APL have released a video clip (see below) showing the new vision system.…