Moon Walker – 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 1961 – RCA “Dumbo” Moon Walker – (American) http://cyberneticzoo.com/walking-machines/1961-rca-dumbo-moon-walker-american/ http://cyberneticzoo.com/walking-machines/1961-rca-dumbo-moon-walker-american/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:20:18 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=3295 In the early ‘60s, as part of the preparations for the Apollo manned moon landing mission, the Jet Propulsion Lab planned a follow-on program to its very successful ‘hard’ landing ‘Ranger’ program, which gave the first close-up views of the moon’s surface. The proposed ‘soft’ lander program was called ‘Surveyor’. An initial concept was for […]

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]]> http://cyberneticzoo.com/walking-machines/1961-rca-dumbo-moon-walker-american/feed/ 2 1961 – RCA “Porky the Pig” Moon Walker – (American) http://cyberneticzoo.com/walking-machines/1961-rca-porky-the-pig-moon-walker-american/ Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:18:15 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=3300 In the early ‘60s, as part of the preparations for the Apollo manned moon landing mission, the Jet Propulsion Lab planned a follow-on program to its very successful ‘hard’ landing ‘Ranger’ program, which gave the first close-up views of the moon’s surface. The proposed ‘soft’ lander program was called ‘Surveyor’. An initial concept was for […]

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]]> 1961 – RCA “Praying Mantis” Moon Walker – (American) http://cyberneticzoo.com/walking-machines/1961-rca-praying-mantis-moon-walker-american/ Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:17:40 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=3302 In the early ‘60s, as part of the preparations for the Apollo manned moon landing mission, the Jet Propulsion Lab planned a follow-on program to its very successful ‘hard’ landing ‘Ranger’ program, which gave the first close-up views of the moon’s surface. The proposed ‘soft’ lander program was called ‘Surveyor’. An initial concept was for […]

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]]> 1961 – Sperry Rand Hybrid Moon Walker – (American) http://cyberneticzoo.com/walking-machines/1961-sperry-rand-hybrid-moon-walker-american/ Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:16:16 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=3310 In the early ‘60s, as part of the preparations for the Apollo manned moon landing mission, the Jet Propulsion Lab planned a follow-on program to its very successful ‘hard’ landing ‘Ranger’ program, which gave the first close-up views of the moon’s surface. The proposed ‘soft’ lander program was called ‘Surveyor’. An initial concept was for […]

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]]> 1961 – Sperry Rand Plodding Moon Walker – (American) http://cyberneticzoo.com/walking-machines/1961-sperry-rand-plodding-moon-walker-american/ Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:15:23 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=3315 In the early ‘60s, as part of the preparations for the Apollo manned moon landing mission, the Jet Propulsion Lab planned a follow-on program to its very successful ‘hard’ landing ‘Ranger’ program, which gave the first close-up views of the moon’s surface. The proposed ‘soft’ lander program was called ‘Surveyor’. An initial concept was for […]

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