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350 B.C |
Archytas mechanical bird labeled
"the Pigeon" that is propelled by steam. It serves as one of
histories earliest studies of flight. He decides that any moving
thing needs a name. |
|
322 B.C. |
The Greek philosopher Aristotle
hints about how it would be nice for someone else to do tiresome
work for the people, besides other people. |
|
1495 |
Leonardo DaVinci designs one of the
earliest robots, named Leonardo’s robot which is designed
to entertain. |
|
1738 |
Jacques de Vaucanson begins
constructing simple machines in Grenoble, France. |
|
1770 |
Pierre Jaquet-Droz and other
Swiss clock makers build 3 dolls with each of them their own
personal function. One can write,
another plays music, and the third draws pictures. |
|
1801 |
Joseph Jacquard builds an
automated loom that is controlled with punched cards
this is one of the earliest forms of input. |
|
1822 |
Charles Babbage demonstrates "Difference
Engine" to the Royal Astronomical Society, or RAS. |
|
1847 |
George Boole invents Boolean Algebra. |
|
1898 |
Nikola Tesla builds and
demonstrates a remote controlled robot boat. |
|
1921 |
Karel Capek a
Czech playwrite
introduced the word "Robot"
in his play.
(Rossum's
Universal Robots) Robot means a lot of labor. |
|
1926 |
A
Robot proclaimed “Maria” is introduced on the shiny screen
of TV. |
|
1936 |
Alan Turing Introduces his turning machine which
spawns new ideas in mathematics. |
|
1940 |
Issac Asimov writes a important story concerning robots, which is later produced into the movie I, Robot |
|
1946 |
George Devol invents a playback device
for controlling machines. |
|
1950 |
Alan Turing publishes Computing
Machinery and Intelligence. |
|
1951 |
“The Day the Earth stood Still” was made and concerned a
robot and a alien. |
|
1956 |
Alan Newell and Herbert Simon create
the Logic Theorist which can solve difficult math problems. |
|
1956 |
Marvin Minsky, Nat Rochester
and Claude Shannon organize The Dartmouth Summer
Research Project on Artificial Intelligence. |
|
1959 |
John McCarthy and Marvin
Minsky start Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. |
|
1961 |
Heinrich Ernst develops a
computer controlled hand. |
|
1962 |
The first industrial arm is created for work on the assembly
lines. (The Unimate) this sparks the idea of using robots
to do difficult work that people can't do. |
|
1963 |
John McCarthy starts a University for
artificial intelligence. |
|
1966 |
The Stanford Research Institute
creates Shakey the first mobile robot to know and react to
its own actions. |
|
1966 |
Eliza is created as a computer psychologist. The creater is
concerned on how they quickly put faith into his little machine. |
|
1967 |
A
Chess program beats a grandmaster in a close match. Its name is
BIG BLUE. |
|
1968 |
A
movie concerning the fact that a robot no longer needs humans is made.
The robot turns against the humans. |
|
1969 |
The Stanford arm is created at the Stanford Artificial
Intelligence Lab (SAIL). |
|
1970 |
The Stanford cart is created it can move via a radio link. |
|
1971 |
Silent Running is made. |
|
1974 |
The silver arm is funded and created by Victor
Scheinman. |
|
1976 |
Shigeo Hirose designs the Soft
Gripper. |
|
1977 |
Star Wars is released. This is
the first film that shows robots could actually be in our future
some time soon. |
|
1977 |
Deep space explorers Voyagers 1 and 2
launch from the Kennedy Space Flight Center. |
|
1979 |
The Robotics Institute at
Carnegie Mellon University is made a reality. |
|
1979 |
The Stanford Cart is rebuilt by
Hans Moravec. |
|
1980 |
Seymour Papert publishes
Mindstorms. |
|
1981 |
Takeo Kanade builds the direct
drive arm. |
|
1982 |
Blade Runner is released. He is a
guy who hunts robots that can multiply. |
|
1986 |
LEGO and the MIT Media Lab
collaborate to bring the first LEGO based educational products to
market. |
|
1986 |
Honda begins a robot research
program. This inspires others. |
|
1989 |
A walking robot named Genghis is
unveiled by the Mobile Robots Group. |
|
1989 |
Rodney Brooks and A. M. Flynn
publish the paper "Fast, Cheap and Out of Control: A Robot
Invasion of the Solar System" |
|
1989 |
Dr. Seymour Papert becomes the LEGO
Professor of Learning Research. |
|
1992 |
Marc Thorpe has the idea to start
a robot combat event. |
|
1992 |
Cyber knife is created for medical purposes but is not approved
yet. |
|
1993 |
Dante, a Eight legged robot is created. |
|
1994 |
Dante II, a more robust version
of its predicessor, descends into the crater of Alaskan volcano
Mt. Spurr |
|
1994 |
Marc Thorpe starts Robot Wars. |
|
1995 |
The second annual Robot Wars
event is held at Fort Mason Center. |
|
1996 |
Robotuna is created to study fish. A robotic fish that is
used to study the way fish swim. |
|
1996 |
The Gastrobot is created for
waste disposal purposes. |
|
1996 |
Honda
debuts
the P3. |
|
1996 |
The third robot wars are created. |
|
1997 |
The first node of International Space Station is created and used in orbit. |
|
1997 |
The Pathfinder mission is made real. It lands on mars with
minimal difficulty, a few years later. |
|
1998 |
Tiger electronics creates furby. This is a popular
robot for the time. |
|
1998 |
Lego releases mindstorms which used with a infared
tower to commuicate with the base(RCX). |
|
1999 |
The Lego corp. introduces The robotics discovery kit and Robotics
invention system 1.5. |
|
1999 |
Sony admits the AIBO pet. |
|
2000 |
Honda releases ASIMO which is a humaniod robot. |
|
2000 |
Battle bots are held in Las Vegas. |
|
2000 |
Lego releases ROBO system 2.0. |
|
2001 |
Lego debuts the MINDSTORMS ultimate builder’s set. |
|
2001 |
FDA clears the cyberknife for to use to treat tumors. |
|
2002 |
ASIMO rings the bell at New York Stock Exchange. |
|
2003 |
JUNE 10th- NASA releases MER-A Spirt destined for mars.
JULY 7th- NASA releases MER- b Opportunity also
destined for mars..
|
|
2003 |
Sony releases the 3rd generation tpy pet. |
|
2004 Jan. 4th |
Spirit lands on mars, through a bouncing method, in order to aid
in landing. |
|
2004 Jan. 23rd |
Opportunity also lands on mars.
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