Artifact Details

Title

The Orm

Catalog Number

102678171

Type

Physical object

Description

Orm (Norwegian for "snake") was an unusual air-powered robot arm. It moved by inflating some of the 28 rubber sacks sandwiched between seven metal disks. The design was abandoned because movements could not be repeated accurately.

Date

1965

Designer

Scheinman, Victor; Leifer, Larry

Place Manufactured

U.S.

Identifying Numbers

Deprecated CHM identification number L2003.4.1 Former loan number

Dimensions

overall: 17 1/4 in x 15 in x 15 in

Category

Robot

Credit

Gift of Stanford University

Lot Number

X2574.2003