Al-Jazari created a programmable orchestra of mechanical human beings
Blaise Pascal invented the mechanical calculator, the first digital calculating machine
Leonardo Torres y Quevedo built a chess automaton
Konrad Zuse built the first working program-controlled computer
Isaac Asimov published his Three Laws of Robotics
The first working AI programs were written in 1951 to run on the Ferranti Mark 1 machine of the University of Manchester: a checkers-playing program written by Christopher Strachey and a chess-playing program written by Dietrich Prinz.
The General Problem Solver (GPS) demonstrated by Newell, Shaw and Simon.
Edward Feigenbaum invented Dendral, software made to deduce the molecular structure of organic compounds using scientific instrument data. It was the first expert system.
Ian Horswill extended behavior-based robotics by creating Polly, the first robot to navigate using vision and operate at animal-like speeds
The Deep Blue chess machine defeats the then world chess champion, Garry Kasparov.
First official RoboCup football (soccer) match featuring table-top matches with 40 teams of interacting robots and over 5000 spectators.
Honda's ASIMO robot, an artificially intelligent humanoid robot, is able to walk as fast as a human, delivering trays to customers in restaurant settings.
Google builds self driving car
Apple's Siri, Google's Google Now and Microsoft's Cortana are smartphone apps that use natural language to answer questions, make recommendations and perform actions.
