Johan de Boer – 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 1968c – Cybernetic Mouse – Johan de Boer (Dutch*) http://cyberneticzoo.com/cyberneticanimals/1968c-cybernetic-mouse-johan-de-boer-canadian/ http://cyberneticzoo.com/cyberneticanimals/1968c-cybernetic-mouse-johan-de-boer-canadian/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:53:18 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=4045 The mouse machine was built around two servo motors. One is underneath the robot and drives the two rear wheels. The second servo, visible in the front part, moves a steering wheel to the left or right. There are three of those old fashioned relays visible on the left, used to activate the servo motors. […]

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]]> http://cyberneticzoo.com/cyberneticanimals/1968c-cybernetic-mouse-johan-de-boer-canadian/feed/ 1 1970-3 – Computer Maze – Johan de Boer (Dutch*) http://cyberneticzoo.com/mazesolvers/1970-3-computer-maze-johan-de-boer-canadian/ Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:52:50 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=4047 Johan de Boer's description (from private correspondence 2010) "A second project [ RH: to the Cybernetic Mouse] was the maze where a light was used to indicate the position of an imaginary mouse in the maze. The maze could be changed with small removable barriers. Each square had a small light bulb that would be […]

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