Jibo - Robots in History: Elmer and Elsie (1948) built by William Grey Walter, these "tortoises" were the first autonomous electronic robots capable of complex behavior. They demonstrated the neurological principle that
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1948 - ELSIE (Electro-mechanical robot, Light Sensitive with Internal and External stability ) - W. Grey Walter - cyberneticzoo.com
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NHS 70 stories - 'Genius' Grey Walter's legacy lives on at Southmead Hospital | North Bristol NHS Trust
![Grey Walter' s `personal' tortoise from the 1951 batch, now on display... | Download Scientific Diagram Grey Walter' s `personal' tortoise from the 1951 batch, now on display... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Owen-Holland-2/publication/9025611/figure/fig3/AS:394583923019788@1471087546986/A-labelled-diagram-of-Elsie-with-her-shell-removed_Q320.jpg)
Grey Walter' s `personal' tortoise from the 1951 batch, now on display... | Download Scientific Diagram
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