1980s: Marvin Minsky, Donner Professor of Science, MIT (1974-1989), wearing an interactive glove in the MIT robotics lab. Minsky's inventions include SNARC, the first neural network simulator (1951); the confocal scanning microscope (1955); the first head-mounted graphical display (1963); the concept of binary-tree robotic manipulation (1963); the serpentine hydraulic robot arm (1967) (Boston Museum of Science); the "Muse" musical variations synthesizer (1970) (with E. Fredkin); and the first LOGO "turtle" device (1972) (with S. Papert). (Dan McCoy/Rainbow/RGB Ventures/SuperStock/Alamy)
Portrait Of Marvin Minsky