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In 1921, Karel Capek introduced the word "Robot" in his play "R.U.R."
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Fritz Lang's movie "Metropolis" released. Maria, one of the stars, play a robot.
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Alan Turing introduced the concept of a theoretical computer called a Turing Machine.
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Issac Asimov produces a series of short stories about a robot that is supposed to protect a child. He made many more stories over a span of 10 years. He is credited with the popularization of the term "robotics."
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Issac Asimov created The 3 Laws of Robotics: A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
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Secret WWII project by John Mauchly. It was one of the first computers to use the Turing system. Weighed over 50 tons and was 1,800 square feet big.
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Alan Turing published "Computer Machinery & Intelligence." It was made to test if robots have learned to think for themselves yet. It becomes known as the "Turing Test."
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By 1950, early networks of computers included the military radar system Semi Automatic Ground Environment. These coordinated data from many radar sites
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Herbert Simon & Alan Newel created the Logic Theorist. It was the first expert system. It was used to solve difficult math problems.
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John McCarthy and Marvin Minsky created the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts.
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the commercial airline reservation system semi-automatic business research environment (SABRE) went online with two connected mainframes. It was used to track all sorts of information. Today it is used by over 350,000 travel agencies
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The Unimate, the first industrial arm robot, is made. It is used to do dangerous or repetitive tasks on General Motors assembly lines
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Victor Scheinman, a student in the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab, creates the Stanford Arm. This arm is still influencing robot arms today
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The Stanford Cart is revealed by Stanford University. It was designed to be a line follower. It could be controlled via computer aswell.
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Star Wars is released. 2 of the main characters, R2-D2 and C-3PO, showed watchers how robots might look in society one day.
