Undersea 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 1985 – “Aquarobot” Aquatic walking robot – (Japanese) http://cyberneticzoo.com/underwater-robotics/1985-aquarobot-aquatic-walking-robot-japanese/ Thu, 16 Jul 2015 09:26:49 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=12354 An early Artist's conception from the late 1970's. Source: Robots: Fact, Fiction, and Prediction by Jasia Reichardt, 1978. Source: Field Test of Aquatic Walking Robot for Underwater Inspection Junichi Akizono, Senior Research Engineer Mineo Iwasaki, Chief of Robotics Laboratory Takashi Nemoto, Member of Robotics Laboratory Osamu Asakura, Member of Robotics Laboratory – Machinery Division Port […]

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]]> 1984-93 – Undersea Robot Concept – ART Project (Japanese) http://cyberneticzoo.com/underwater-robotics/1984-93-undersea-robot-concept-art-project-japanese/ Thu, 16 Jul 2015 09:25:32 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=12340 The ART Project’s Nuclear Inspection Centaur Robot After the earthquake last year and the resulting damage to the Fukushima nuclear plant, observers criticized Japan’s lack of preparedness. In particular, many felt that the Japanese robotics sector’s focus on expensive humanoids had squandered time and resources better spent on more specialized robots.  However, this isn’t totally […]

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