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Squee_Construction_1952

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Squee - The Robot Squirrel Construction Plans - Edmund C. Berkeley reprint Aug 1952

LivingRobots52

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The Construction of Living Robots - Edmund C. Berkeley 1952

1928 – Eric Robot – Capt. Richards & A.H. Reffell (English)

Each press article of the day offered a different snippet about Captain William H. Richards' Eric Robot.  I will summerise them here. Eric Robot was constructed at Gomshall, near Dorking [see note below], by Captain William H. Richards, a veteran of the First World War, and a noted journalist and A. H. Reffell, a…
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1956 РCYSP-1 РNicolas Sch̦ffer Р(Hungarian/French)

Although built as an art piece, Nicolas Schöffer's CYSP-1 (a name composed of the first letters of CYbernetics and SPatiodynamic) is significant both in terms of the introduction of a new art form, as well as being a serious attempt  as an autonomous "being".  Schöffer was the first artist to be…
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1956 – Mechanical Animal – William Robert “Bert” Sutherland / Ivan E. Sutherland – (American)

 This copy of a letter from 1957 describes the first "Mechanical Animal" built by the Sutherland brothers, Bert and Ivan.     Here’s a transcript of the letter sent from Ivan E. Sutherland to Grey Walter in 1957: Nov 10. [IES  to WGW] “Dear Sir: Early last month I had sent…
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1955 – Snail – Cross – (American)

Snail Robot by Versal Cross  High-School Robots Learn the “Three Rs” By Jim Collison - Popular Mechanics  July 1955 There is also a little robot. Versal Cross, 17, the senior student who built it calls it a Doodlebug or Snail. The Snail follows a beam of light and, having lost…

1953 – Timothy Turtle – Jack Kubanoff (American)

1953 - Timothy Turtle by  Jack H. Kubanoff, Radio and Television News, April 1953 The text to the article is below. For the moment, the pages themselves can be found here. The article itself has a good description of its functionality.  Some of its functionality reminds me of Berkeley's Squee…
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Updates pre-2015

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Updates to the cyberneticzoo.com website. See also the Cybernetic Zoo facebook page for more commentary on updates. pre-2015 31 Dec 2014 Added Unknown Deep Diving Armours . 31 Dec 2014 Added 1977 - Deep Diving Apparatus by Alistair Carnegie. 29 Dec 2014 Added 1914-1937 – Various Diving Armour by Neufeldt and…

1904 – Mechanical Walker Human Powered Unicycle – Crosse – (American)

Years ago when I was searching the patents database the long, hard way (Google  patents has made it all sooo much easier and quicker), I came across this wonderful looking Mechanical Walker / Unicycle. I just love the concept and the fine illustrations. Steam punkers will enjoy this one as…
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