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1962 – Szegedi Robot Man – Dr. Muszka Dániel (Hungarian)

cyberne1 — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 11:39:32 +0000

1962 – Szegedi Robot Man [reproduction] by Dr. Muszka Dániel. Fotó: Bodajki Ákos Article source: here. (Google translation from Hungarian.) Human-sized robot arrived at the Paks Nuclear Energy Museum. The heroic age of cybernetics – or life was the latest piece of the temporary exhibition called PC before the tin man in Szeged at which […]

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1945 – Radio Jockey – Gernsback / Leslie (American)

cyberne1 — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 13:41:29 +0000

Caption: This electronic Robot might have prevented the horse-racing ban, but it would cause technological unemployment among the jockey fraternity. Source: Radio-Craft for March, 1945. RADIO JOCKEY – Electronically-Controlled Robot Rider By ERIC LESLIE HORSE-RACING—the game of kings—has one great weakness. The suspicion of "fixed" races, of "pulled" horses and of dishonest jockeys, has prevented […]

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1962 – Underwater MOBOT – Hughes Aircraft (American)

cyberne1 — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 10:29:03 +0000

Source: Meccano Magazine, Feb, 1963. ….. I am introducing you to a machine known as Mobot, pictured above. Developed by the Shell Oil Company in the U.S.A., Mobot can work on oil wells 1,000 feet down on the ocean bed. It can swim, see, hear, and has a "nose" that can turn screws, work valves, […]

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1962-65 – Deepstar 4000 Diving Saucer – Jacques-Yves Cousteau / Westinghouse (French/American)

cyberne1 — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 01:26:55 +0000

Image source: Popular Mechanics, August 1963. 1962 – Deepstar 4000 Diving Saucer – Jacques-Yves Cousteau / Westinghouse launched in 1965. 26 Jun 1962-NEW YORK: William E. Knox, president of Westinghouse International, demonstrates the flexibility of a remote control arm, part of a unique deep-sea vehicle at a 6/26(/62) press conference. The new self-propelled vehicle, to […]

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1958-62 – “Beetle” Mobile Manipulator – G.E. Corp. (American)

cyberne1 — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 12:44:16 +0000

1958-62 – "Beetle" Mobile Manipulator. Background Information: Popular Mechanic's (Sep 1956) drawing made by Frank Tinsley from designs by Lee A. Ohlinger of Northrop Aviation, Inc. of a robot mechanic for the proposed atomic-powered airplane, a star-crossed project that stumbled through 10 years and $500,000 without ever getting off the ground. General Mills was one […]

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1962 – Manned Auxillary Fitter Craft with Mandible (Concept) – Sperry Gyroscope Company (American)

cyberne1 — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 03:42:28 +0000

1962 – Manned Auxillary Fitter Craft with Mandible. Not the name the vehicle was called in the original Sperry Gyroscope Company advertisement when it appeared in the February, 1962 issue of Scientific American Magazine. The shape is somewhat reminiscient of Wernher von Braun's "Bottle Suit", with manourvering engines top and bottom, but only one pair […]

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1962 – Nonanthropomorphic Space Suit (Concept) – Douglas Aircraft Corp (American)

cyberne1 — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:57:22 +0000

For Douglas Aircraft, in 1962, their earlier space manipulator designs, i.e., the Project Mercury converted capsule and the "Humpty Dumpty" unit, can be considered as first-generation, feasible, nonanthropomorphic devices. A much more speculative concept, but in every sense within our technological reach, is shown in figure 3 above. This is basically a space tug and […]

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1962 – Table-Clearing Robot – Meredith Thring (Australian/British)

cyberne1 — Sat, 31 May 2014 07:53:08 +0000

"Working model of a table-clearing robot [Mk 2] designed to test the present-day feasibility of principles required for the house-working robot and other machines. The model has one 'sight' and two 'touch' sensors which enable the mechanical arm to pick up objects and place them on the rotating, clearing tray on top of the machine." […]

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1962-3 – The Jetsons Automatic Vacuum Cleaner – Hanna-Barbera (American)

cyberne1 — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 05:35:26 +0000

The Jetsons live in the year 2062 in a futuristic utopia (100 years in the future at the time of the show's debut) of elaborate robotic contraptions, aliens, holograms, and whimsical inventions. Robotic vacuum cleaner. This console activates the washing, ironing, and vacuuming. Antennas imply radio-control. Image source Paleofuture Rosie with her sweeping and vacuuming […]

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1962 – Kirov Robots – (Soviet)

cyberne1 — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:50:55 +0000

Robots on display at the Regional exhibition of Technical Creativity Pioneers (Kirov, 1962). Source: Tornado 84

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