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Robotics

  • 1857 BCE

    Caesious of Alexandria designs water clocks

    Caesious of Alexandria designs water clocks
  • Nikola Tesla builds and demonstrates a remote controlled robot boat

    Nikola Tesla builds and demonstrates a remote controlled robot boat
  • George Devol patents a playback device for controlling machines.

    George Devol patents a playback device for controlling machines.
  • first robot created

    first robot created
    late 1960's
  • ELIZA is created at MIT by Joseph Weizenbaum.

    ELIZA is created at MIT by Joseph Weizenbaum.
  • Creation of r2d2 and c3po

    Creation of r2d2 and c3po
    Star Wars is released.

    George Lucas' movie about
    a universe governed
    by the force introduces watchers
    to R2-D2 and C-3PO. The movie
    creates the strongest image of a
    human future with robots since the 1960's
    and inspires a generation of researchers.
  • Takeo Kanade builds the direct drive arm.

    Takeo Kanade builds the direct drive arm.
  • Dante an 8-legged walking robot developed at Carnegie Mellon University

    Dante an 8-legged walking robot developed at  Carnegie Mellon University
  • The Pathfinder Mission lands on Mars.

    The Pathfinder Mission lands on Mars.
  • Honda builds ASIMO

    Honda builds ASIMO
  • LEGO releases the MINDSTORMS Robotics Invention SystemTM 2.0

    LEGO releases the MINDSTORMS Robotics  Invention SystemTM 2.0
  • Stanley Kubrick makes Arthur C. Clark's, 2001: A Space Odyssey into a movie. It features HAL, an onboard computer that decides it doesn't need its human counterparts any longer.

    Stanley Kubrick makes 	 Arthur C. Clark's, 2001:  A Space Odyssey into a 	 movie. It features HAL, an onboard  computer that decides it doesn't need  its human counterparts any longer.
  • SONY releases the AIBO ERS-7

    SONY releases the AIBO ERS-7