From ideas to first walking machines

Blueprint of one of the first legged vehicle dated 18th century. (from[M.W.Thring, 1983] p.138).
The first biped walking machine: The Steam Man by Georges Moore in 1893 (from[M.E.Rosheim, 1994] p.255).
Draft of the first quardruped walking machine: The Mechanical Horse by L.A. Rygg, patented the 14th feb.1893, but the machine has never been constructed (from [Song and Waldron, 1989] p.5).
Draft of baron of Bechtolsheim's Striding wagon,which has never been realized (from [Song and Waldron, 1989] p.6).
Millipede, developed during the first World War, was a Walking machine based on the modification of wheels and chains (from [M.W.Thring, 1983] p.156).
Model of a legged tractor developed by Thring during the first World War (from [M.W.Thring, 1983] p.175).



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