A.H. Bruinsma Roboter Schaltungen Orig 1958 German edition, Eng translation 1965. Actually called “Cyber” (pronounced Seeber). These books are Philips publications, and I think Bruinsma worked for Philips. Notes: 1. Anne Hendrik Bruinsma is probably more well known for his work in Radio-control. (I previously thought Anne was a female name,…
The model seen here is Dr. Andre (Andrew) John Angyan's first cybernetic model, Machine Reproducatrix, built in Budapest, Hungary. It very much follows the Grey Walter tortoise in terms of construction and function (of CORA - Machina Docilis). His later machines, constructed by Kretz with Zemanek, are the subject of a later…
Dr. Angyan Mechanisation of Thought Processes 1958
The Cybernetic section of the the Moscow Politechnical museum. You can see "Beta" in the centre. It is quite small in size. The other clear-plastic model was built for the museum and is the subject of another later post. There is a single drive motor, only driving…
Vasilyev Petrovoski Cerepaha 1957
**Stop Press** - See Daniel Muszka with his Ladybird at the Robots Festival Nov 30-Dec 31 2011 Science Museum, Exhibition Rd, London, SW7 2DD The Science Museum's 'Robots Festival' begins with a five-day 'Roboville' event showcasing the latest in robotic research and development - including emotibots, swimming shark robots, medical robots…
Szeged Katicabogar Muszka Daniel
Here's a cut down version of the first page. The full article is found by the pdf link at the bottom of this article. A clever New York radio engineer, Mr. Paul Von Kunits, has created "Mr. Radio Robot," a remarkable device which is attracting unusual attention and proving…
It appears as if Yasutaro Mitsui's Steel Humanoid robot is the first known Japanese robot in humanoid form. With the post author not being able to read nor write in Japanese, it makes it difficult to research. The image also appears in Haruki Inoue's 1993 book Nihon Robotto Soseiki 1920-1938. I suspect…