MECCANO ROBOT 1929

First robot by Meccano, from its 1929 manual. Built in nickelled parts from the 1920s. Mechanism improved to move arms and head. Walks forward and stationary. Built by Mr. Enrique Ferrand of Buenos Aires.

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Howto & Style

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• Robot
• Automat
• Meccano
• Erector
• Tin
• Toy

[youtship]

Still a challenge to build a bi-ped robot walking this smooth using 2009 LEGO Mindstorms

[brolicom]

@youtship Thanks for yor comment. Merit goes to Mr. Ferrand who built it!

[bniko0]

Amazing how old the idea of robotics is.

[brolicom]

@bniko0 It amazed me too! Thanks for your comment.

[v1sta]

Very interesting and great to see. So this is how the old meccano robots used to look and walk like, they actually worked well!

[ninjadaniel2]

nice lol its like a robot micheal jackson with no balls perfect!!!