Analog robot

For the artist/band The Analog Robot see The Analog Robot (artist)

Analog Robot is a type of robot which uses analog circuitry to go toward a simple goal such as finding more light or responding to sound. The first real analog robot was invented in the '40 by W. Grey Walter. The name of these robots were ELSIE and ELMER (Electro Mechanical Robot). The original circuitry was developed using two vacuum tubes and a photocell to search and follows a light. Recently a kind of analog robots was developed by Mark Tilden.

Most analog robots are BEAM robots. Braitenberg Vehicles (described by Valentino Braitenberg) also are frequently analog - consisting of the output of sensors connected to motors without any form of signal processing.

External links

• Analog Robots – A brief description.
• BEAM community – A specific type of analog robot.
• KHM – Robots in academia.
• Analog Robotics – A research report.
• Visions-FX – Analog Robotics.
• alltronics – Motor Driven.