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AMF Versatran robot arm #1995

Open larsbrinkhoff opened 3 years ago

larsbrinkhoff commented 3 years ago

The oldest robot arm at the AI lab was the AMF (American Machine and Foundry) Versatran. It was controlled from the PDP-6 through the IMX and OMX devices.

It's featured in many AI films, see #1866.

larsbrinkhoff commented 3 years ago

See "Copy demo", #1947.

larsbrinkhoff commented 3 years ago

AI WP 34 VISMEM: A bag of "robotics" formulae, December 1972. Page 69 is "Geometry of the AMF-Versatran arm with the Alles hand".

larsbrinkhoff commented 3 years ago

"Versatran at work"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P65Bta0Yrc

larsbrinkhoff commented 3 years ago

1958-62 – “VERSATRAN” Industrial Robot – Harry Johnson & Veljko Milenkovic
http://cyberneticzoo.com/early-industrial-robots/1958-62-versatran-industrial-robot-harry-johnson-veljko-milenkovic/

Appearance in Silent Running.

larsbrinkhoff commented 3 years ago

Information film from AMF.
http://projects.csail.mit.edu/video/history/aifilms/47-robot.mp4

larsbrinkhoff commented 3 years ago

AI memo 172, "Robot Utility Functions", February 1969.
AI memo 128, "SERVO", March 1967.

larsbrinkhoff commented 8 months ago

https://github.com/PDP-10/its/assets/775050/a992c807-de32-4650-9753-ab57189feae9