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400 BCE
#1 robot
the first known robot was created around 400-350 BC by Archytas and was an artificial bird. Archytas, who is known as the “father of mechanical engineering,” constructed his bird out of wood and used steam to power the movements of the robot. This bird was then suspended from a pivot bar. In its best recorded run, it flew about 200 meters. [Link text](http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/10/the-first-known-robot-was-created-around-400-bc-and-was-a-mechanical-bird/ -
Jan 1, 1495
Sketch for humanoid robot
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first robot duck
Between 1700 and 1900 a number of life-sized automatons were created including a famous mechanical duck made by Jacques de Vaucanson that could crane its neck, flap its wings and even swallow food. [Link text](http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/technology/historyofrobotics.html -
lilliput first toy robot
The first true robot toy was produced in Japan. The ‘Lilliput’ was a wind-up toy which walked. It was made from tinplate and stood just 15cm tall. [Link text](http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/technology/historyofrobotics.html -
ENIAC
The first substantial computer was the giant ENIAC machine by John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert at the University of Pennsylvania. ENIAC (Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator) used a word of 10 decimal digits instead of binary ones like previous automated calculators/computers. ENIAC was also the first machine to use more than 2,000 vacuum tubes, using nearly 18,000 vacuum tubes [Link text](http://homepage.cs.uri.edu/faculty/wolfe/book/Readings/Reading03.htm -
first programmable arm
George Devol and Joe Engleberger design the first programmable robot ‘arm’. This later became the first industrial robot, completing dangerous and repetitive tasks on an assembly line at General Motors (1962). [Link text](http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/technology/historyofrobotics.html -
Sputnik
The Soviet Union launches ‘Sputnik’, the first artificial orbiting satellite. This marks the beginning of the space race. -
NEAC
An early transistorized computer, the NEAC (Nippon Electric Automatic Computer) includes a CPU, console, paper tape reader and punch, printer and magnetic tape units. It was sold exclusively in Japan, but could process alphabetic and Japanese kana characters. Only about thirty NEACs were sold. It managed Japan's first on-line, real-time reservation system for Kinki Nippon Railways in 1960. The last one was decommissioned in 1979. [Link text](http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1960/ -
#1 digitally operated robot
History of robots is linked to the development of artificial intelligence. U.S. Patent 2,988,237, issued in 1961 to Devol. The first digitally operated and programmable robot was invented by George Devol in 1954 and was ultimately called the Unimate. This ultimately laid the foundations of the modern robotics industry. [Link text](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_robots -
DDP-116
Designed by engineer Gardner Hendrie for Computer Control Corporation (CCC), the DDP-116 is announced at the 1965 Spring Joint Computer Conference. It was the world's first commercial 16-bit minicomputer and 172 systems were sold. The basic computer cost $28,500. [Link text](http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1965/ -
LEGO robot
The first LEGO based educational products are put on the market and Honda launches a project to build a walking humanoid robot. [Link text](http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/technology/historyofrobotics.html -
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi or WiFi is a local area wireless computer networking technology that allows electronic devices to connect to the network, mainly using the 2.4 gigahertz (12 cm) UHF and 5 gigahertz (6 cm) SHF ISM radio bands. [Link text](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi -
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances (using short-wavelength UHF radio waves in the ISM band from 2.4 to 2.485 GHz) from fixed and mobile devices, and building personal area networks (PANs). [Link text](www.bluetooth.com/Pages/Fast-Facts.aspx -
AIBO
Sony releases the first version of AIBO, a robotic dog with the ability to learn, entertain and communicate with its owner. More advanced versions have followed. [Link text](http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/technology/historyofrobotics.html -
Apple IOS
iOS is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple Inc. and distributed exclusively for Apple hardware. It is the operating system that presently powers many of the company's mobile devices, including the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. [Link text](https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on#safe=active&q=ios+release+date
