David Beck – 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 1963 – “TEX” – TUMBLING EXPLORER – David W. Beck (American) http://cyberneticzoo.com/walking-machines/1963-tex-tumbling-explorer-david-w-beck-american/ Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:38:02 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=7539 TUMBLING EXPLORER, or TEX, was an early design conceived by Space General. It resembles an oyster shell and is extremely manoeuverable. It could be dropped from an unmanned spacecraft ready for action. A TV camera is contained in each panel and operates on radio command. The three illustrations above illustrate the way in which the […]

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