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General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: Admin on April 24, 2007, 05:04:06 PM

Title: worlds first modern robots
Post by: Admin on April 24, 2007, 05:04:06 PM

Think robots are hard to make today? Try doing it 80+ years ago . . .

http://www.lumen.nu/rekveld/wp/?p=290

and an interesting schematic for a photovore:
http://davidbuckley.net/DB/HistoryMakers/HM-ElectricDog1912.htm

Title: Re: worlds first modern robots
Post by: Somchaya on April 24, 2007, 05:37:46 PM

Wow, I didn't know the first photovore was created that long ago.. I knew it was many many years, but not 1912 :P

That schematic is actually pretty cool, I thought it was like what we have nowadays, but looking again I realized it has a steering wheel instead of a diff drive. Cool!