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1934 – Deep Sea Diving Suit – Thomas Connelly (American)

cyberne1 — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 11:46:49 +0000

1934 – Deep Sea Diving Suit by Thomas Connelly. Note incorrect depiction of air lines, of which there should be none, as the suit employed a rebreather system. Source: History of Diving Museum A pair of powerful lamps attached to the writs of "Iron Mike". Source: Middletown Times Herald, Mar 28, 1939. Cyril Von […]

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1934 – MACAZ Robot – Ángel Surís Busto (Cuba)

cyberne1 — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 12:07:25 +0000

Macaz – Cuba's first robot that, it's claimed, could "walk" (roll), turn, talk, smoke, shake hands, and can get slowly upright. Made of aluminum, iron, brass, lead, copper and weighing 350 lbs. It's possibly the first mobile "robot" made since the coinage of the word, although there were other mobile mechanical men that appeared before 1934. English translation of an article […]

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1934 – Wind-up Lower-extremity Walker – Cobb (American)

cyberne1 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 02:07:43 +0000

Cobb invents a walking structure that simulates the action of natural walking using mechanical means, typically for a person who has lost the use of their legs. Motive power is supplied by the operators arms driving a crank-wheel which in turn drives the legs in an oscillatory motion. The same principles as applied to a […]

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1934 – “Ross Robot Mechanical Man” – Miss Sophie Ross (English/French)

cyberne1 — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:15:44 +0000

WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT? NO. 14 Your browser does not support iframes. One of the funniest video clips I've ever seen (1m 42sec into preview). 1630.24 | WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT? NO. 14 (1:47:33:00 – 1:50:25:00) 05/07/1934 French fake Titles read: "Would you believe it? Queer things the World over. No. 14." At unidentified location […]

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1934 – Legged Unicycle (American)

cyberne1 — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:07:34 +0000

from Popular Mechanics , June 1934 STILT CYCLE HAS TWO LEGS INSTEAD OF WHEELS Wooden legs replace the wheels on a stilt cycle made by a Los Angeles man who proudly boasts that he can now sit down while walking. The two legs are pedaled like a bicycle, the rider balancing on a seat at […]

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1934 – Egbert – (American)

cyberne1 — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:21:52 +0000

Popular Science June 1934 TALKING ROBOT SALUTES VISITORS Mechanical man salutes and speaks to visitors at Franklin Institute. Phonograph record that gives robot its voice and mechanism that causes action. SPOKEN messages of welcome. accompained by a snappy salute, startle visitors to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Pa., where a mechanical man nick-named "Egbert" has […]

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1934 – Mac the Mechanical Man – Leighton Hilbert (American)

cyberne1 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:26:46 +0000

circa 1935: Two women with Mac the Mechanical Man the radio-controlled robot invented by Leighton Hilbert. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) [Note: I don’t think Mac is radio-controlled, but there is certainly is a visual suggestion of being remotely controlled via a umbilical cord and a control box. Most likely part of the illusion. Mac is […]

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1934 – Fortune Teller Robot – (British)

cyberne1 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:58:05 +0000

A photograph of a robot exhibited as part of the 25th anniversary celebrations for Selfridges department store in London, taken by Edward Malindine for the Daily Herald newspaper on 13 March 1934. See other early Humanoid Robots here.

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