Robotics timeline

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  • 3500 BCE

    Hephaestus

    Hephaestus
    The Greek myth of Hephaestus introduces the idea of artificial intelligence to people.
  • Period: 278 BCE to 212 BCE

    Archimedes makes the math work

    Legendary Greek mathematician Archimedes discovers new mathematical ideas, some of which are applied to the base of modern robotics.
  • 1400

    Automatons are invented

    Automatons are invented
    Small "robots" known as automatons which are programmed to imitate (usually human) life are created to make peasants believe in God or discipline/watch people. (Time probably very inaccurate, websites just said middle ages)
  • Period: 1478 to 1509

    Da Vinci revolutionizes the field

    Renaissance man Leonardo Da Vinci revolutionizes robotics by creating the first humanoid robot and self-driving vehicle, also creating three robot lions later on.

  • Automatons become toys

    Automatons become toys
    In the 18th century tiny human-like automatons started being made as toys for rich people

  • Robot duck can digest food

    Robot duck can digest food
    Jacques de Vaucanson creates a robot duck capable of eating and digesting grain.

  • The word android is coined

    People start using the word android to describe miniature human-like automatons.

  • Steam man created

    Steam man created
    John Brainerd creates a robot called the steam man to pull carts and more.

  • The word robot is coined

    The word robot is coined
    The word robot is used for the first time in a play called R.U.R or Rossum's Universal Robots.
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    ELEKTRO created

    A robot called ELEKTRO is created by Westinghouse that can walk, talk and smoke

  • The word robotics is coined

    The word robotics is coined
    Science fiction writer Isaac Asimov coins the word robotics for the study of robots.

  • The laws of robotics are written

    The laws of robotics are written
    Isaac Asimov writes the three laws of robotics that a robot will not harm a human, will always obey a human's orders and will always prioritize self-protection.

  • Turtle robots invented

    Turtle robots invented
    W. Grey Walter creates turtle robots that can find their charging stations when low on power.

  • UNIMATE created

    UNIMATE created
    George Devol creates the first programmable robot, naming it UNIMATE, or universal automation and later creates the first robotics company unimation.

  • Sputnik launched

    Sputnik launched
    Russia launches sputnik 1, the first autonomous satellite.

  • AI becomes widespread

    AI becomes widespread
    Artificial intelligence research laboratories are opened at M.I.T., Stanford
    Research Institute (SRI), Stanford University, and the University of
    Edinburgh

  • Robotics institute is formed

    Robotics institute is formed
    Carnegie Mellon founds the robotics institute

  • Robotics takes off

    Robotics takes off as a field of study, with major new inventions being created almost every year, leading to the amazing technology we have today.