Teal designed by Peter Holland, built by David Buckley
1976
Teal - HM
Tri Pedal Ambulatory Locomotive
A design by Peter Holland, published in The Model Maker about 1955.
Probably the first design for a walking vehicle to
be published in Britain as a construction project.
Built October 1976.
Size - 12" x 5" x 8".
Teal isn't a robot, it is only a mechanical walking machine, but it is a precursor to today's walking robots and so deserves its place in history and it was one of the things which inspired me to build walking robots.
If the centre foot was made to turn then with the addition of an electronic 'brain' Teal could become a robot.
