William Grey Walter
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William Grey Walter was an American-born British neurophysiologist, cybernetician and robotician.
William Grey Walter
A photo emphasising William Grey Walter over Vivian Dovey c. 1943
Elmer and Elsie (robots)
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Elmer and Elsie were two electronic robots that were built in the late 1940s by neurobiologist and cybernetician William Grey Walter. They were the first robots in history that were programmed to "thi
William Grey Walter
…essentially that the secret of how the brain worked lay in how it was wired up. His first robots, which he used to call Machina speculatrix and named Elmer and Elsie, were constructed between 1948 and 1949 and were often described as tortoises due to their shape and slow rate of movement - and because they "taught…
William Grey Walter and one of his robots