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timeline of robotics

  • 270 BCE

    Ctesibus of Alexandria designs water clocks

     Ctesibus of Alexandria designs water clocks
    He was a Greek inventor and mathematician that invented the first artificial automatic self-regulatory system by designing an improved water clock.
  • Nicolas tesla

    Nicolas tesla
    Nicolas builds and demonstrates a remote controlled robot at Madison square garden
  • Unimate

    Unimate
    George Devol made the first digitally operated and a programmable robot called the Unimate. Which two years later he and his partner created the first robot manufacturing company.
  • Artfical intelligence

    Artfical intelligence
    Alan Turing used Computing Machinery and Intelligence to proposes a test to whether or not a machine has gained the power to think alone
  • Eliza

    Eliza
    Joseph Weizenbaum a computer scientist that worked at MIT built a language computer program that helped answer questions
  • Carnegie Robotics

    Carnegie Robotics
    The Carnegie University establishes a robotic institute Stanford University researchers Edward Feigenbaum and Joshua Lederberg create DENDRAL, the first expert system design
  • Star wars

    Star wars
    In the star wars movie they used robots and technology to portray intergalactic travel
  • Takeo Kanade

    Takeo Kanade
    He built the direct drive arm. It is the first to have motors installed directly into the joints of the arm
  • Pathfinder

    Pathfinder
    On the Mars exploration mission the robot pathfinder was sent to mars to explore and discover new things about it
  • Asimo

    Asimo
    Honda wanted to create a robot that would be a helper for people -- a robot to help around the house, help the elderly, or help someone confined to a wheelchair or bed. So they made the humanoid robot Asimo
  • Mindstorms robotics system

    Mindstorms robotics system
    The Mindstorms robotic system 3.40 was an invention of Lego.inc
    and comes with tectonic bricks and pieces
  • A Space Odyssey

     A Space Odyssey
    A epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay was written by Kubrick
  • Dante

    Dante
    Dante is an entertainment robot dog created by SONY . Besides being able to speak 1000 words, it can keep a diary with pictures and read blog for you.