Mysterious Robot - 70 years old and still UNSOLVED! - Tati the Cybernetic Dog

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This is Tati, the 70 year old cybernetic dog! It was found in a French antique shop and adopted by Dr. Daniel Dennett, Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University.
He has written books, published papers, given lectures, and reached out to the public, since finding the mysterious creature and still hasn't traced it's origins. So I'm joining the effort to keep this search alive!
Tati is such an amazing piece of ingenuity and creativity! Especially from a time when very few knew what robots even were, let alone how to build them!
I'm hoping to shed some more light on this robot and perhaps find it's original creator!
Here are the links to sites where I've collected most of my information. Various media used in this video has been collected from these sites... credit where credit is due!
Please visit them for more information and feel free to share any more information collected with me and KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING!
Websites displaying Tati:
cyberneticzoo.com/cybernetican...
www.theoldrobots.com/Robotic-C...
davidbuckley.net/DB/HistoryMak...
hackaday.com/2011/08/16/amazi...
gajitz.com/mysterious-robotic...
cyberneticzoo.com/tag/cybernet...
Adafruit Reward Link: blog.adafruit.com/2011/08/22/...
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3 года назад

I really want to see someone try to rebuild this. Makes me wonder if it ever worked or if it was more for looks.

@airthrowDBT 6 месяцев назад

It definitely looks like a prototype and the frame means it was probably intended to be covered eventually with fur.

@wolfrobots118 4 месяца назад

That is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. It definitely did work at one time. I think the right person could get it working again

@Hyperion-5744 Год назад

Tati could be a possible inspiration for goddard. Good video by the way.

@mrwoodandmrtin 8 месяцев назад

Yes, it looks like the light sensors at the back are for a flashlight type remote control for steering. Those transistors might be in place of Walter Greys Vacuum tubes. Whoever the builder was, they sure loved terminal blocks. This is very impractical modular approach to joining wires.

@airthrowDBT 6 месяцев назад

When I worked at an electronics store people went to EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS to avoid soldering.

@mrwoodandmrtin 6 месяцев назад

@@airthrowDBT Hi, yes I can believe it. This is not a prop; I can tell from the wiring. It's functional. The wiper motor at the front drives the thing along, it's a 12v French auto part. The wheels count pulses for distance, so it's keeping track of itself.

@airthrowDBT 6 месяцев назад

@@mrwoodandmrtinits odd because this looks like a very advanced prototype to be still using barrier strips, it would be much less cluttered with multi-component wires or even twisted pairs, and the connections would also be more reliable. The barrier strips seem out of place for sure a brilliant early design. I wonder with no processor what could be done to process the distance/rotary encoding. Did decade counters exist in the 50s?

@airthrowDBT 6 месяцев назад

The barrier strips and also the amount of switches on the side make me think this was a test platform for something that was going to be high end but somewhat mass produced. You would probably want remote control and not switches for the different functions of the dog in the final version but the switches are a great way to function test on a bench, and the frame for the dog definitely suggests it was also meant to have fur eventually.

@mrwoodandmrtin 6 месяцев назад

@@airthrowDBT Managed to get more photos of the robot dog. Maybe a Tesla cyber dog version might be an interesting project. One thing I noticed from the images is that the whole frame hangs off a big steering column under the neck. There is a central wiper motor that turns the neck and head, which also turns the steering column.. Down below there is another French wiper motor that turns the drive wheel. There is a speaker/mic in the front skirt. The lower jaw is fiberglass, so that's probably what the rest of the covers were made from. Sill examining the photos. Might do some videos on it. Not sure, pretty busy ATM. Argree that all the switches are for bench test isolation as you deduced.

@eddietowers5595 Год назад

Why hasn’t this original robotic dog gone viral?

@fatfrank69 5 лет назад

That's fascinating Rick, a really great video. I love the old electronics and mechanics, prior to everything becoming digital. It somehow seems more hands on and real. I'm guessing though creating something like that would have been beyond the financial means of most people at the time, so that's one advantage we do have with the digital era - affordability.

@TheEightdigits 3 месяца назад

Hello. I came across this video while trying to find information on a robot I recently found at a flea market. It is much different than Dotty and proably from the 80's but has similar vibes. No markings or names to research, it has many home made comonents but also looks like some sort of kit. We have named him Shift as thats the only word on him. Can I send you pictures to see what you think?

@plumberguy1689 2 года назад

"Mr Carlson's Lab" on RU-vid is a master. I wish he had access to this. I'm curtain he'd figure this out and get it going.

@RickRobotics 2 года назад

I love his videos! I'd love to see his take on this as well!

@The_One_Time 5 лет назад

This is rather interesting...

@gort59 4 месяца назад

Fascinating!

@Shipwright1918 2 года назад

Has anybody tried to reverse-engineer Tati? Be neat to see a replica made and working.

@scottprather5645 7 месяцев назад

Very interesting. Looks like the non-functional tati is now a piece of unique industrial art

@jjohnson71958 4 месяца назад

get it to work again id love to see it in action

@stevematson4808 3 месяца назад

Lots of expenses went into this.

@DopeXen-lt1fc 5 лет назад

It's jimmy Newtron's dog, but it looks like one

@RickRobotics 5 лет назад

It definitely bares a resemblance!

@sabrinacosta5667 2 года назад

can someone make a xray of tati? it could help with his reverce engenering

@Lumibear. Месяц назад

No tail?

@ajivins1 2 месяца назад

K9!

@baxterboy23 5 лет назад

How can it be over 70 years old when it was built with parts that weren't produced until the mid 50's.?? Built before 1948 would make it over 70 years old.. 🤨

@furrrey 2 месяца назад

looks like K-9 from Doctor Who

@RickRobotics 2 месяца назад

I thought so too!

@BritishEngineer 5 месяцев назад

This was definitely built and designed by a company. Too many disciplines of engineering I see. An electrical engineer could design this, solenoids, mechanical logic, etc.