SAM – cyberneticzoo.com http://cyberneticzoo.com a history of cybernetic animals and early robots Sun, 28 Feb 2016 08:33:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 1969 – Self-propelled Anthropomorphic Manipulator (SAM) – Edwin Johnsen (American) http://cyberneticzoo.com/teleoperators/1969-self-propelled-anthropomorphic-manipulator-sam-edwin-johnson-american/ http://cyberneticzoo.com/teleoperators/1969-self-propelled-anthropomorphic-manipulator-sam-edwin-johnson-american/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:58:51 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=5864 SAM, a mobile manipulator, mimics the movements of an operator stationed at a far-distant control center. The Self-propelled Anthropomorphic Manipulator (SAM) that wears NASA logos was developed under Edwin Johnsen's direction in 1969 by the now defunct Space Nuclear Propulsion division of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Johnsen is credited with introducing the popular term […]

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