Automatic Electronic Secretary, or ARS, or Arsik (1966)

    Hello, Habr!

    Boris Grishin, a teacher at the Kaluga College of Railway Transport, introduced the country to the invention in 1966, which he spent about three years on. Why did he do this? As in the case of the tablet for the elderly, which was written on Habré, the robot was created to help the parent - the mother of the inventor, who, due to illness, could not, for example, answer phone calls or call an ambulance on her own.

    Perhaps I know too little about those years, but it seems to me that it was something from the realm of fantasy.

    Warning, images are traffic.

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    Abilities


    The robot answered calls when the owner was not at home. He had a built-in cassette recorder, which the robot turned on after a short message for the caller on the topic "The comrade is not at home, say, I'm recording." After that, the APC recorded the message on tape for a couple of minutes and hung up. Yes, he picked up the phone with his hand, but not to his ear, but he could also bring it to the owner and put it in his hands. The APC reported the presence of messages using illuminated eyes. If Boris left for a short time, Arsik could ask to hang on the line or call back at such a time.

    Also, the robot woke up the owner at a certain time, for example, using the radio, and then broadcast morning exercises. Remember the moment with charging in “Well, wait a minute?” The robot could greet the guests and turn on the music, letting them know when the owner will return. I could turn on the TV or the radio. And pour soda.

    There is another interesting property of the robot: turning on and off the lighting. In addition, he maintained the temperature in the room, as the controllers were connected to radiators. This is the “Smart Home” of the 1960s model.

    The telephone set was made so that the robot could dial the desired number.

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    Dimensions and materials


    The weight of the robot was about 100 kg - it will crush and you will not rise. Case material - sheet aluminum. The surface of the case was matte and polished in some mets. On the right side of the case was a table for the phone, on the left - a retractable table for bottles and mugs.

    What is it made of?


    The design is described in this article .

    13 electric motors with mechanical gears set the robot in motion. The tape recorder uses a specially designed tape drive mechanism. The telephone is also built in a special way, as I mentioned above.

    So the foot of the robot was built. By the way, he also had knees - they were made using a swivel. The direction of movement is changed using bearings in the foot.

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    There were two tape recorders, with ferromagnetic tapes 6 and 18 mm wide. Typical tasks read using magnetic heads controlled by stepper finder signals were recorded on a wide tape. Narrow contained telephone information.

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    With his left hand, the robot poured lemonade.

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    Or other drinks, including alcohol.

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    The block design made possible easy access to any element.

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    Magazine mentions


    Interview with the robot.
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    In 1967, Arsik became one of the most difficult robots in the contest for Youth Technology magazine.

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    Talkative robot - the beginning of an article about ARS.

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    Continuation of the article. Was this robot behavior really possible?

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    Need for investment


    Now robotics has gone far ahead, but you will not see such an assistant robot at home. Mobile and smart phones, laptops and computers, tablets, devices for the elderly like the “Life Button” - there are more than enough, but there are no robots. But they could help, for example, people with disabilities and the elderly, if you select the most useful functions for a particular person.

    Creating a full-fledged assistant robot will require large investments, although the most difficult, perhaps, will be combining the achievements of Russian designers, who sometimes show very interesting things, with each other. It is necessary to collect these achievements and use them for a single, truly universal project.

    The main thing is not to forget the Three laws of robotics.

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