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A Chinese engineer and a Buddhist monk built the first true mechanical clock. It was a water-driven device with an escapement that causes the clock to tick. http://www.thocp.net/reference/robotics/robotics.html
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Ibn Sina robot is the first Arabic-speaking humanoid robot that can make conversations with humans in Arabic. It helped many comunicate with the Arabs. http://inventorspotforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=4535
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Al-Jazari wrote the book Automata in the year 1200. This book is illustrated and shows the state of the art of technology in the middle ages. http://www.thocp.net/reference/robotics/robotics.html
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Automated carillons begin to appear in the Netherlands. The instrument consists of at least 23 cast bronze, cup-shaped bells, which are played serially to play a melody, or sounded together to play a chord. http://www.thocp.net/reference/robotics/robotics.html
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Leonardo DaVinci created a mechanical device that looked like a knight that moved as if there was a real person in there. He created this to entertain royalty. http://robotics.megagiant.com/history.html
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The first real android in human form was built by Hans Bullmann. Some androids could simulate people to play musical instruments to the delight of paying customers. http://www.thocp.net/reference/robotics/robotics.html
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Johann Muller created an iron fly. It is said that this can take flight with steam pressure. http://www.thocp.net/reference/robotics/robotics.html
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The first writing automata in the western world was developed by Knaus in 1753 http://www.thocp.net/reference/robotics/robotics.html
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Joseph Jacquard invented a textile machine called a programmable loom operated by punch cards. http://www.used-robots.com/robot-education.php?page=robot+timeline
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Seward Babbitt created a motorized crane with gripper to remove ingots from a furnace. http://www.used-robots.com/robot-education.php?page=robot+timeline
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George Devol and Joe Engleberger invent the first programmable robot arm and coined the phrase Universal Automation for the first time. http://inventors.about.com/od/roboticsrobots/a/RoboTimeline.htm
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The first artificial robotic arm to be controlled by a computer was designed in 1963. The Rancho Arm was designed for the handicapped and it has six joints for flexibility of a human arm. http://inventors.about.com/od/roboticsrobots/a/RoboTimeline.htm
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Dendral was the first expert system or program designed to execute the accumulated knowledge of subject experts. http://inventors.about.com/od/roboticsrobots/a/RoboTimeline.htm
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Shakey was introduced as the first mobile robot controlled by artificial intellence. It was produced by SRI International. http://inventors.about.com/od/roboticsrobots/a/RoboTimeline.htm
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A robotic arm ( the Silver Arm) that performed small-parts assembly using feedback from touch and pressure sensors was designed. The arm´s fine movements corresponded to those of human fingers. http://inventors.about.com/od/roboticsrobots/a/RoboTimeline.htm
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Apple Computers publicly announced their portable music digital player the iPod, created under project codename Dulcimer. The iPod let people to listen to music. http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/ModernInvention.htm
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Infrared Fever Screening System used in public buildings to scan for people with a high temperature from a fever. http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/ModernInvention.htm
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Near Barstow, California, robotic vehicles began a 200-mile road race sponsored by DARPA. http://timelinesdb.com/listevents.php?subjid=525&title=Robot
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South Korean education officials said almost 30 robots have started teaching English to youngsters in a South Korean city, in a pilot project designed to nurture the nascent robot industry.
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Solar Tower was invented by Jorg Schlaich amd was the first large-scale solar thermal power generater. http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/ModernInvention.htm
