pseudo-pedaling robot – 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 1950 – Toy Unicycle Pedaling Clown – Wilfredo Perez (American) http://cyberneticzoo.com/walking-machines/1950-toy-unicycle-pedaling-clown-wilfredo-perez-american/ Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:46:53 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=7822 A gyroscopic toy, that imparts a walking motion via a reciprocating crank, driven via a worm off the flywheel shaft. The bottom part is interchangeable so that the pedaling unicycle can be replaced by walking stilts, or a leg arrangement for tight-rope walking. Patent number: 2588040 – see full patent details here. Filing date: Apr […]

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]]> 1936 – The Gyro-Cycle – Hubert Charles Henry Townend (British) http://cyberneticzoo.com/walking-machines/1936-the-gyro-cycle-hubert-charles-henry-townend-british/ http://cyberneticzoo.com/walking-machines/1936-the-gyro-cycle-hubert-charles-henry-townend-british/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:45:44 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=7787 The Gyro-Cycle – A pseudo-pedalling machine. Source: "Mechanical Toys" by Athelstan & Kathleen Spilhaus, 1990 First Meccano Magazine advertisement was in April 1938. A very ingenious scientific toy. Toy was invented by a famous airplane designer in England. Action depends on the well known gyroscopic principle. The front wheel is the gyroscope and drives the […]

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]]> http://cyberneticzoo.com/walking-machines/1936-the-gyro-cycle-hubert-charles-henry-townend-british/feed/ 1 1988 – “Wendell” the Unicycle Rider – Garner Holt (American) http://cyberneticzoo.com/walking-machines/1988-wendell-the-unicycle-rider-garner-holt-american/ Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:44:35 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=7791 Wendell the Unicyclist premiered in 1988, and is the world’s only unicycle riding animatronic figure. He performs without any visible means of support. Source: The Illusion of Life: Lifelike Robotics, Gene W. Poor, 1991  "… But the most impressive component Garner brings to the animation marketplace is an extraordinarily creative mind with superb  problem-solving and […]

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