Guy Immega – 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 1995 – KSI Tentacle Manipulator – Immega and Antonelli (American) http://cyberneticzoo.com/pneumatics-in-robots/1995-ksi-tentacle-manipulator-immega-and-antonelli-american/ Mon, 28 May 2012 12:31:14 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=6997 Kinetic Sciences Inc. (1995) developed a tentacular robot, powered by a hybrid system of pneumatic bellows and electric motors. It can extend, contract and bend in 6 dof by using tendons threaded through cable guides. Tentacle-like manipulators with adjustable tension lines by Guy Immega Patent number: 5317952 Filing date: Dec 14, 1992 Issue date: Jun […]

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]]> 1986 – ROMAC Pneumatic Actuator – Guy Immega and Mirko Kukolj (American) http://cyberneticzoo.com/bionics/1986-romac-pneumatic-actuator-guy-immega-and-mirko-kukolj-american/ Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:37:54 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=6722 ROMAC, THE PNEUMATIC MUSCLE Actuator pulls 10,000 pounds using 60 psi A pneumatic actuator based on the principle of the human biceps has come to our attention in the form of a patent disclosure. The ROMAC, under development by MacDonald Detwiller & Associates of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, works on low-pressure (shop) air and can […]

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