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1931-3 – “Explorer” Submersible – Simon Lake (American)

cyberne1 — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:29:11 +0000

1931-3 – "Explorer" Submersible by Simon Lake. The "Explorer" is located at Milford Landing Marina, 37 Helwig St. Milford Connecticut 06460. The "Explorer" was the last boat built by the pioneering submarine designer and builder, Simon Lake. The Explorer was intended strictly for research and salvage and was linked to a mother ship for air […]

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1933 – Submarine Salvage Apparatus – Eugene J. Romano (American)

cyberne1 — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 11:49:54 +0000

1933 – Submarine Salvage Apparatus by Eugene J. Romano. For a demonstration of the robot to be used on this expedition, Lieutenant Harry E. rieseberg tackles the device in true diver's fashion. There is no dignity in entering or leaving the robot. Harry E. Rieseberg Extract from HE WALKS WITH DAVEY JONES by Eric Strutt […]

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1933 – Giant Walking Bridge – M. Clemients (French)

cyberne1 — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 04:26:34 +0000

During 1933, engineer's were determining how the Golden Gate Bridge[1] was to be built. Source: Modern Mechanix and Inventions, Dec 1933. One engineer's suggestion for the solution of the problem of sinking caissons[2] is depicted here in this picture of a "walking bridge." Definite placement of caissons has always been an engineering bugaboo when they are […]

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1933 – “Tillie the Technocrat” Robot – (American)

cyberne1 — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 14:36:43 +0000

"Tillie the Technocrat" robot, most likely inspired by Westinghouse's Katrina Van Televox of 1930. Although not a humanoid robot, like Katrina, the "robot" is anthropomorphised by a 2-dimensional cut-out figure. Caption: Junior High School Pupils Construct Robot 3 Feb 1933 During their spare time, pupils of May Cooke Junior High School in Philadelphia have constructed […]

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1933 – Cocktail Robot – (American)

cyberne1 — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:15:41 +0000

13 Nov 1933, New York, New York, USA — The law says "there ain't goin' to be no bar maids" the ubiquitous feminine cocktail shaker persists in appearing on the scene and here, essaying the role, is Miss Ruth Young, where she is demonstrating a helpful device for the cocktail lover and dispenser, the robot […]

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1933 – Mons. de Patou the French Mechanical Mannequin – (French)

cyberne1 — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:13:46 +0000

Source: The Advertiser (South Australia) 11 Oct 1931. Mar 12 1938 The Market Traders Review The Market Traders Review – The Official Organ of The National Market Traders' Federation. Supplement to The World's Fair, Saturday March 12th 1938 17'x12', 12 pages of fascinating countrywide local articles with lots of names and places mentioned […]

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1932-3 – Mechanical Horse – D. G. Alzetta (Italian)

cyberne1 — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:44:39 +0000

The above image from Popular Science April, 1933. The Harford Courant Mar 6, 1933 p16 Italian Designs Mechanical Horse From Steel Tubing —- Device Looks Like Grasshopper Stepping Along Road Spezia, Italy—(AP.)—A mechanical horse, designed to substitute for the farm animal or even light tractor, has been invented by an engineer here, Signor D. G. […]

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1933 – Maze Learning Machine – Thomas Ross (American)

cyberne1 — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:49:30 +0000

The Thomas Ross Maze Learning Machine showing its feeler tracking the slots of this comb-shaped maze. See complete Scientific American 1933 article titled "Machines That Think" – pdf here.

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1933 – Willie the Robot – Andrew Bober (American)

cyberne1 — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:52:11 +0000

Popular Mechanics May 1949 WILLIE the ROBOT WILLIE is a dapper little citizen of Hammond. Ind., with a leer in his eye and a stomach chock full of wires and gears. He's a robot, the mechanical child of Andy Bober. If you ever meet Willie, there's any number of things he may do. He introduces […]

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1933 – Mr. Ohm Kilowatt – Earl Kent (American)

cyberne1 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:31:52 +0000

Portsmouth Times 21 Feb 1933 p8 TECHNOCRATIC MAN OF 1940?—This conception of the machine age product by youthful Earl Kent, 21, of Carthage, Miss., "walks, talks, smokes cigarettes and spits fire". Kent, the inventor, is pictured with it in Los Angeles. Betty Davis, young saleswoman who "made a sale" to the robot is telling him […]

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