Movie Details
Theatrical Release:September 1st, 1976
Original Language:Russian
Production Companies:USSR Academy of Sciences
Display Simulations of 6-Legged Walking (1976)
DirectorsD.E. OkhotsimskyA.K. Platonov
Plot
A display simulation of a 6-legged ant-like walker traversing various paths and navigating obstacles. The research was aimed at a planetary rover that would get around by walking. Created by D.E. (D.I.?) Okhotsimsky, et al, for the Insitute of Applied Mechanics, USSR Academy of Sciences. Titles likely translated to English by Stanford AI Lab and edited together by Suzanne Kandra in 1976 for a Polish conference; The animation itself may date back as early as 1972.
