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Missing Soviet Robot Found on The Moon
Lunokhod 1 was a robot type of rover that the Soviets landed on the moon in 197o thanks to the Luna 17 lander. Using solar panels during the day and a radioisotope powered heater at night, the rover was able to explore the moon for 322 Earth days. From NASA: This first successful Soviet rover [...]
Soviet Era Robot Illustrations
The A Journey Round My Skull blog has posted up some really neat Soviet era illustrations. The illustrations are by E. Benyaminson for the book Hello, I’m Robot! by Stanislav Zigunenko. The images are being released under a Creative Commons license and feature a robotic hand playing chess in one and a robotic maid in [...]