History of Robotics

  • Jan 1, 725

    Yi Xing's Clock

    Yi Xing's Clock
    Xing built a mechanical clock in 725 A.D that ran on water. The machine made one rotation in twenty four hours, which equals a day.
  • Jan 1, 1400

    Carillons

    Carillons
    Automated Carillons apeared in Netherlands in the 1400s.
  • Jan 1, 1495

    Leonardo's Robot

    Leonardo's Robot
    Leonardo DaVinci built a robotical knight designed to mimick humans. His machine amused royalty.
  • Jan 1, 1500

    Autoamated Animals

    Autoamated Animals
    Clockmakers began creating mechanical animals.
  • Jan 1, 1543

    Flying Wooden Beetle

    Flying Wooden Beetle
    John Dee built a wooden beetle that could had a role in a collegiate production.
  • Pascal's Calculating Machine

    Pascal's Calculating Machine
    Blaise Paschal built a Calculating machine in 1645 designed to help his father with taxes. He built 50 of the machines.
  • Mechanical Duck

    Mechanical Duck
    Jacques de Vaucanson created a mechanical duck it could flap its wings, crane its neck and swallow food.
  • The Turk Chess Playing Machine

    The Turk Chess Playing Machine
    Wolfgang von Kempelen invented a chess playing machine called the Turk.
  • The Electric Man

    The Electric Man
    Frank Reade invented the Electric man in 1885 to assist him during his globe-trotting activities
  • Boilerplate

    Boilerplate
    Boilerplate was built in 1893 by Professor Archibald. The robot served with Roosevelts rough Riders and fought in the Pancho Villa
  • Mechanical Hand

    Mechanical Hand
    Henrich Ernst invented the MH-1. The computer operated the Mechanical Hand at MIT.
  • Eliza The Psychologist

    Eliza The Psychologist
    Eliza was built at MIT it functions as a computer psychologist. It develops question based statements the user says.
  • Silver Arm

    Silver Arm
    Victor Sheinman built the silver arm, which assembled small things by use of touch sensors.
  • Drive Arm

    Drive Arm
    Takeo Kanade's drive arm becomes the fastest and most accurate robot on market due to the use of two motors.
  • Gengis

    Gengis
    Built at MIT, Gengis was one of the first walking robots of his time. The group responsible for Gengis was the Mobile Robots Group.
  • Alexandria's Automata

    Alexandria's Automata
    The automata oppened the hydrolic gate and was invented in 100 A.D. The robot was built by the Hero of Alexandria.
  • Period: to Dec 31, 1499

    1 A.D - 15th Century

  • Global Hawk

    Global Hawk
    The Global Hawk was unvieled by the U.S military in 2006 and is capable of flying itslef.
  • Toyota Violin Playing Robot

    Toyota Violin Playing Robot
    Customers can take a seat and enjoy beautiful music, however it's not played by a human it is a robot capable of playing the violin.
  • Honda Asimo

    Honda Asimo
    Honda's Asimo robot is the first of its kind. The robot is revolutionary changing the field of humanoid robots for good.
  • Robot Chef

    Robot Chef
    Users can program recipes in thhe robots storage unit and it will begin to cook using its robotic arm. It stands at five feet tall