pedipulator

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   One who performs dexterous manipulations of objects using the feet.

   • Mr. Valazzi, the famous juggler and pedipulator now appearing at London halls has joined the school in order to add to his many accomplishments the art of flying.
   • The foot-pedalled player piano permits its "pedipulator" to enjoy the feeling of being actually an interpretative, perhaps even a creative, artist.
2. 2

   A component mechanism which gives a robot the capability of walking

   A component mechanism which gives a robot the capability of walking; a robot having such a capability.

   • General Electric has been awarded an initial study contract which may lead to the building of a "pedipulator"— a manned walking vehicle intended to replace wheeled or tracked military carriers under certain conditions.
   • In a laboratory in California, a machine which walk across any surface, however uneven, is undergoing final tests. Known as a pedipulator, it can carry a 26-pound pack of delicate instruments on its back at a speed of five miles an hour.
   • Each of the "legs" of a walking machine can be treated as a pedipulator.
3. 3

   A foot.

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