waldon.

/ˈwɔːldəʊ/

Forms: Also Waldo.

Etymology: < the name of Waldo F. Jones, the inventor of such gadgets in a science-fiction story by Robert Heinlein (see quot. 1942).

A device for handling or manipulating objects by remote control.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > devices for handling objects at a distance

ringer1633

lazybones1785

lazy scissors1836

lazy-tongs1836

glove box1852

manipulator1860

micromanipulator1921

waldo1942

long arm1949

1942 ‘A. MacDonald’ (R. A. Heinlein) in Astounding Sci.-Fiction Aug. 16 Even the..humanoid gadgets known universally as ‘waldoes’..passed through several generations of development..in Waldo's machine shop before he redesigned them for mass production. The first of them..had been designed to enable Waldo to operate a metal lathe.

1966 I. Asimov Fantastic Voy. vii. 75 A handling device (a gigantic ‘waldo’—so named by the earlier nuclear technicians from a character in a science fiction story of the 1940s).

1978 D. A. Stanwood Memory of Eva Ryker iii. 30 The bathyscaphs are both equipped with remote manipulators—the experts call them ‘Waldos’ —for working under the extreme pressure.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	waldo
释义	waldon. /ˈwɔːldəʊ/ Forms: Also Waldo. Etymology: < the name of Waldo F. Jones, the inventor of such gadgets in a science-fiction story by Robert Heinlein (see quot. 1942). A device for handling or manipulating objects by remote control. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > devices for handling objects at a distance ringer1633 lazybones1785 lazy scissors1836 lazy-tongs1836 glove box1852 manipulator1860 micromanipulator1921 waldo1942 long arm1949 1942 ‘A. MacDonald’ (R. A. Heinlein) in Astounding Sci.-Fiction Aug. 16 Even the..humanoid gadgets known universally as ‘waldoes’..passed through several generations of development..in Waldo's machine shop before he redesigned them for mass production. The first of them..had been designed to enable Waldo to operate a metal lathe. 1966 I. Asimov Fantastic Voy. vii. 75 A handling device (a gigantic ‘waldo’—so named by the earlier nuclear technicians from a character in a science fiction story of the 1940s). 1978 D. A. Stanwood Memory of Eva Ryker iii. 30 The bathyscaphs are both equipped with remote manipulators—the experts call them ‘Waldos’ —for working under the extreme pressure. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1942
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