Electric tortoise robots – the Bristol originals

If you haven’t come across Elmer and Elsie (c. 1948/49), William Grey Walter’s electric tortoises (or possibly turtles), may we recommend this video ‘Bristol’s robot tortoises have minds of their own’

More info here, courtesy Bristol Robotics Laboratory.

Posted by Martin Gardiner on
Wednesday, February 18th, 2015 at 9:44 am
under Arts and science, Boys Will Be Boys.