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320 BC - Greek philosopher Aristotle said : “If every tool, when ordered, or even of its own accord, could do the work that befits it... then there would be no need either of apprentices for the master workers or of slaves for the lords".
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1913 - Henry Ford installs the world’s first moving conveyor belt-based assembly line in his car factory.
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1932 -The first true robot toy was produced in Japan.
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1495 - Around 1495 Leonardo Di Vinci sketched plans for the first humanoid robot.
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1948 - British robotics pioneer William Grey Walter creates autonomous machines called Elmer and Elsie that mimic life.
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1957 - The Soviet Union launches ‘Sputnik’, the first artificial orbiting satellite, marking the beginning of the space 'exploration'.
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1964 - The IBM 360 becomes the first computer to be mass-produced.
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1999 - Sony builds Aibo. One of the first robots intended for the consumer market. It sells out within 20 minutes of going on sale.
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1999 - Sony builds Aibo. One of the first robots intended for the consumer market. It sells out within 20 minutes of going on sale.
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2004 - Epsom releases the smallest known robot, standing 7cm high and weighing just 10 grams.
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2008 - The Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner has sold over 2.5 million units.
