Don Guzay – 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 1985 – “PAL” (a.k.a. “H.E.N.R.I. VIII”) the Robot – Douglas Trumbull (American) http://cyberneticzoo.com/robots/1985-pal-a-k-a-h-e-n-r-i-viii-the-robot-douglas-trumbull-american/ http://cyberneticzoo.com/robots/1985-pal-a-k-a-h-e-n-r-i-viii-the-robot-douglas-trumbull-american/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2012 03:39:32 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=7321 Above image sourced from Richard Steele . Doug Trumbull, who directed the 1972 sci-fi cult film "Silent Running" and was behind the design of the drones later designed and patented a remote-controlled character called “PAL” which was first used in the Showscan film LET’S GO for the Toshiba Pavilion at Expo ’85 in Tsukuba, Japan. Closer robotic performance was achieved […]

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