Comments on: 1962 – “Icarus” – A. B. Orr (British) http://cyberneticzoo.com/cyberneticanimals/1962-icarus-a-b-orr-british/ a history of cybernetic animals and early robots Sun, 10 Apr 2016 20:52:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: David Buckley http://cyberneticzoo.com/cyberneticanimals/1962-icarus-a-b-orr-british/#comment-178 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:48:42 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=1576#comment-178 Icarus is really a poorly thought out design especially as Grey Walter had already shown how it should be done. If the light is behind Icarus then Icarus moves away from the light and if off to the side then it can be that the front wheel is then at right angles to the drive direction and the front wheel skids sideways and doesn’t steer.

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