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1982c – Walking Tractor – Meredith Thring (British*)

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From Robots and Telechirs - M.W. Thring 1983 Thring has used the fact that the ideal foot movement is close to that of a link of a chain going around two sprockets to produce a very simple walking mechanism for a tractor. A small model is shown in above. There…

1963c – Two-Legged Walker – Meredith Thring (Australian/British)

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Source: How to Invent: M.W. Thring and E.R. Laithwaite, 1977. In the first stage of an attempt to make a powered artificial leg I analysed the essential mechanism of human walking and produced the device shown above which walks on two legs by bending the knee as the thigh begins…

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

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"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…

1962 – Robot Fire Cart – Meredith Thring (British)

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Thring, at Queen Mary College built a fire-fighting robot in 1962. This robot navigated its way round a "track" using signals from a gyro compass and measuring distance by wheel-rotation. It left the track when it "saw" a fire and extinguished the fire when its "finger" sensed the flame. The…

1967 – Centipede Walking Machine – Meredith Thring (Australian-English)

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USEFUL ROBOTS US Patent number: 3522859 - see here for full patent details. Filing date: Jan 22, 1968 Issue date: Aug 4, 1970 First filed in Great Britain 26 Jan 1967 Model of Centipede. The 'centipede' In the first model (Fig. 6.15(a) above) of the centipede the sprung legs were…

1966 – Mechanical Rat – Meredith Thring (British)

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Feb 1, 1967 ........  He [Professor Meredith Wooldridge Thring, 51, professor of mechanical engineering at London's Queen Mary College] suggested a trip to one of his laboratories. "Here you see our mechanical rat," he explained. He pointed to a gadget about the size of a boy's electric…

1964c – Walking Wheel Stair Climbers – Meredith Thring (British)

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Stair-climbing wheels Wheels that shoot out spring-loaded "legs" enable an experimental British vehicle to climb stairs and other obstacles. The vehicle, powered by batteries, is the "miniclimber," developed by Prof. Meredith Thring and Brian Shayer at Queen Mary College, London University. The small machine travels at about three mph. On…

1966 – Able Mabel – Meredith Thring (British)

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    A prop for a Tomorrow's World segment in 1966 showing what Robots would be like in 1976. Although some parts appear to be electrically controlled (e.g. the popping eyes which are connected to the antenna 'ears'). the black slot is probably for the hidden operator to see what…

1978 – Walking Machine – Gurfinkel & Fomin (Soviet)

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Biomechanical foundations of locomotion design (1978) by V S Gurfinkel, S V Fomin,  Moscow Lomonosov State University published in 1st CISM-IFToMM Symposium, Vol 1 p. 133 see p 160 Robots and Telechirs - Thring In a study of the biomechanical principles of construction artificial walking systems, Gurfinkel and Fomin used…

1977 – ERIC-II Teleoperated ROV – (French)

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The 1977 ERIC-II Remote Operated Vehicle. CABLE CONTROLLED DEEP SUBMERGENCE TELEOPERATOR SYSTEM Jean Vertut (CEA, Saclay, France) and Joel Charles (CERTSM, Toulon, France) ABSTRACT ERIC II, cable controlled deep submergence teleoperator system, is designed for remote observation, investigation and intervention from a surface ship, with a 6000 meters depth capability.…

Early Mobile Robot Timeline

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This page is a timeline showing early Mobile Robots, events, and dates being the creation or announcement of these robots. If image is clickable, then a blog post exists for it. Check out the updates page for the recent posts. Early Autonomous Mobile Robots   1953 - Beetle 1962 - "Creep…

Early Maze Solving Machines

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This page contains a timeline showing early and significant Maze Solving machines. The dates being the creation or announcement date of these machines. IF IMAGE IS CLICKABLE, then a blog post exists for it. Check out the updates page for recent posts. 1933- Thomas Ross -Learning machine     1935- Smith / Ross - Rat    1937-…

Early Domestic Service Robots

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Early Automatic and Robotic Floor Cleaners  1899 - L'AN 2000 Floor Sweeper Prediction  1928 - Televox capable of switching appliances on and off  1940 – “Roll-Oh” the Domestic Robot  1949 - Tony Sale - George the Robot attempting Vacuuming  1955 - Sonic Broom  1957 - RCA/Whirlpool HECK and Automatic Floor Cleaner…

Walking Machines inc. Steam Man Timeline

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This page contains a timeline showing significant Walking Machine events, and dates showing the creation or announcement of the contrivances. If IMAGE IS CLICKABLE, then a post exists for it. Check out cyberneticzoo facebook or the updates page for recent posts. Early Walking Machines inc. Steam Men  480 BC – Wooden Horse Carriage…

Pseudo Automata, Fakes & Robot costumes

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This page will contain a timeline showing Pseudo Automata, Pseudo Robots, Fakes, and Robot Costumes. I've included this page in my overall blog as one comes across mechanical man and robots that are not what they are supposed to be. Rather than reject them all, I've listed them in their own…

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Updates pre-2015

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Updates to the cyberneticzoo.com website. See also the Cybernetic Zoo facebook page for more commentary on updates. pre-2015 31 Dec 2014 Added Unknown Deep Diving Armours . 31 Dec 2014 Added 1977 - Deep Diving Apparatus by Alistair Carnegie. 29 Dec 2014 Added 1914-1937 – Various Diving Armour by Neufeldt and…

1975-6 – R2-D2 (from Star Wars) – John Stears (British)

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Not so well known is that there were two main types of R2-D2's in the original Star Wars space opera.  The models operated by Kenny Baker, the other a radio-controlled (R/C) model. Visually the main difference is the Kenny Baker model only ever had two legs, and the R/C version…

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