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Aug 25, 1495
da Vinci sketched plans for humanoid robot
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Digital Phone Lines
Phone companies develop digital transmission for internal uses. -
IBM 360 mass produced
First bot/computer to be produced and sold -
USA lands on the Moon
Successfully put robotic and space technology to land Neil Armstrong on the moon. -
Xerox PARC Alto introduced
Was a ground breaking computer with a wide influence on the computer industry, it used windows, icons, and a mouse. -
Star Wars is Released
Creates strong image for robots in the future -
Texas Instruments TI 99/4 is realeasd
Had one of the fastest CPU's available in a home computer. -
PowerBook First laptop realeased
Was one of the first computers that was more powerful and had a very large memory. -
IBM wins world chess championship
Bot beats a World Champion chess player Garry Kasparov -
LEGO launches it first robotics inventions system
Guides children in the understand of programming and building bots. -
Sony Releases AIBO
Robotic do with the ability to learn, entertain, and communicate -
Cornell Univeristy Build self replicating bot
Used of magnets and computerized cubes if this bot falls apart it can bring itself back together -
The cloud
The Cloud is created for a place to store files and pictures on the web. -
Roomba Robotic Vacuum
2.5 million units sold nationwide of the first family robot -
IPad released
Apple Releases its touch screen tablet computer -
SuperComputers
SuperComputers are developed to by 30 times less powerful than human brains.