Whist-playing Automaton – 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 1875 “Psycho” the Whist-playing Automaton – Maskelyne & Clarke (British) http://cyberneticzoo.com/not-quite-robots/1875-psycho-the-whist-playing-automaton-maskelyne-clarke-british/ http://cyberneticzoo.com/not-quite-robots/1875-psycho-the-whist-playing-automaton-maskelyne-clarke-british/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:33:07 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=4353 "Psycho" at the Museum of Science, London. (Image source: Mechanical Toys – Charles Bartholomew) My intent in putting up this entry is to draw attention on the aspect of remote control by which the slave component is anthropomorphic. This fits in with the early history of teleoperators and manipulators. All other aspects of "Psycho" are well […]

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