Robottrumpit

Robotics Timeline

By katy1le

  • Ctesibus of Alexandria designs water clocks

    Ctesibus 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

  • First robot ever made

    First robot ever made
    Unimate

  • ELIZA is created at MIT by Joseph Weizenbaum

    ELIZA is created at MIT by Joseph Weizenbaum

  • 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.

    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 land on Mars.

    The Pathfinder Mission land 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

  • Star Wars is released.

    Star Wars is released.