Technology History Project

L'Ecrivain (The Writer)

Sep 17, 1772

SourceL'Ecrivain was createrd by two inventers named Pierre and Henri Jacquet-Droz. Their robot was able to write limited messages. It could only write 40 characters.

Nikola Tesla

Sep 17, 1890

SourceThe very first Remote Cintroled vehicles were created by a man named Nikola Tesla. He was also behind the inventons of the radio and induction motors.

Robot Toy

Sep 15, 1932

History for Kids SourceLilliput was the first ever true robot toy created in Japan. It winds upp and walks.

How the word robotics came to be

Sep 15, 1941

Wiki SourceThe word "Robotics" was first seen in a Sci Fi book named "Liar" written by a man named Issac Asimov.

ERA 1101

Sep 15, 1950

SourceThe first commercially produced computer known as the ERA 1101 was built by the Engineering Research Associates of Minneapolis.

First Robot

Sep 10, 1954

First Robot VidAn engineer who didn't go to college named George Devol had created the first robot with the help of Joe Angle-Berger that could to tedious human tasks without breaks.

First Expert System

Sep 15, 1956

Robotics SourceThe first ever expert system named the Logic Theroist was able two solve difficult math problems. Two men have created this machine and their names are Alan Newell and Herbert Simon.

PDP-8

Sep 15, 1965

SourceThe PDP-8 was the first successfully commercial mini computer, which was introduced by Digital Eqipement Corp., was able to go into thousands of manufactoring plants because of it's speed, small size, and reasonable cost.

ELIZA

Sep 17, 1966

SourceAn MIT progammer named Joseph Wezenbaum creates an AI called ELIZA. ELIZA is a program that takes it's users statement's and turns them into questions.

First Internet/Arpanet

Apr 7, 1969

Wiki SourceThe Arpanet was the first network that connected computers and was developed by the U.S. Millitary. The protcol TCP/IP was first developed to communicate and is still used today.

Mechanical Arm

Sep 15, 1969

Robotics SourceA mechacnical engineering student from the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab (SAIL) creates what is known as the Stanford Arm

Osborne I

Sep 15, 1981

SourceThe Osborne I weighed at least 24 pounds. Bexause of this, it has become the first ever portable computer. The man that created such a revolution was namedAdam Osborne.

Bluetooth Coming Together

Sep 10, 1994

Fast Facts SourceWireless communication, which is later called bluetooth, was invented in 1994 by a group of engineers at Ericsson. There were 5 groups that created the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG).
These groups were known as Ericcson , Intel, Nokia, Toshiba, IDM.

Dogs

Sep 15, 1999

History for Kids SourceThe first robotic dog created by Sony was named AIBO and was able to learn, entertain and communicate.

Tiny Bots

Sep 15, 2004

History for Kids SourceThe company Epsom has released a small robot that was intended to be used as a flying camera for natural disasters.