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Mondo Spider is a ridable mechanical eight-legged walking machine. It was designed and built in 2005 and 2006 by team, based in Vancouver (Canada): Leigh Christie, Jonathan Tippett, Charlie Brison, Alex Mossman, Dillard Brinson, Sam Meyer and Ryan Johnston. Also team consisted of a range of volunteers-helpers.[1][2] Mondo Spider walking machine. [3] 1 The Mondo…
During World War II, German Navy (Kriegsmarine) used the Linse radio-controlled boats. This boat was designed for diversion operations to undermine the enemy ships. Linse had a length of 5.75 m, width – 1.75 m, crew – 1 person, the engine power of 70 kW, 1 propeller. The boat was capable of traveling at distance…
Greek mathematician and engineer Heron of Alexandria (lived and worked in Alexandria in the second half of the first century A.D., Roman Egypt) invented the first automatic doors, automatic puppet theater, vending machine, quick self-charging crossbow, steam turbine, automated scenery, the device to measure the length of roads (the ancient “taximeter”), etc.[1-3] Heron of Alexandria…
In the early 1970s, M. Petternella with a group of colleagues (Institute of Automation, Rome, Italy – Istituto di Automatica, Rome, Italy) has created a six-legged walking machine with electric drives. There is interesting design solution for legs: hip performed as a hinge with the lateral axis (one degree of freedom), and telescoping of shank…
The Roomba is a series of autonomous robotic vacuum cleaners sold by iRobot Corporation (USA). This robot is able to navigate a living space and common obstacles while vacuuming the floor. New models of Roomba also are able to optimize cleaning.[1] All Roomba models are disc-shaped, 34 cm in diameter and less than 9 cm…
The IAI Eitan, also known as Heron TP, is a reconnaissance Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed in Israel in the early 2000s by the Israel Aerospace Industries.[1] A medium-altitude, long endurance UAV, the Eitan can operate at altitudes above commercial air traffic and features all-weather capability, de-icing systems, automatic takeoff and landing systems, and triple-redundant…
In 1898 Nikola Tesla publicly demonstrated a radio-controlled (teleoperated) boat, similar to a modern Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV).[1] Tesla’s remote-controlled craft. [2] 1 Based on his patents U.S. Patent 613,809 [3]2, U.S. Patent 723,188 [4]2 and U.S. Patent 725,605 [5]2 for “teleautomation”, Tesla hoped to develop the wireless torpedo into a weapon system for the…
Mobile Autonomous Robot (MAR-1) was developed by the Department of Agriculture robotics at the Moscow Institute of Agricultural Engineers named after V.P. Goryachkin in the early 1980s in the USSR.[1] The first model of MAR-1. [1] The first model of MAR-1 was designed to serve the cattle-breeding industry. The robot was made so that it…
KUKA Aktiengesellschaft (Germany) is one of the world’s leading suppliers of robotics as well as plant and systems engineering.[1] In 1973 KUKA created the world’s first industrial robot with six electromechanically driven axes, known as FAMULUS. Today the company’s 4 and 6 axis robots range from 3 kg to 1300 kg payloads, and 350 mm…
The Mobile Servicing System (MSS), better known by its primary component Canadarm2, is a robotic system and associated equipment on the International Space Station (ISS). Launched to the ISS in 2001, it plays a key role in station assembly and maintenance. Canadarm2 moves equipment and supplies around the station, supports astronauts working in space, and…
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