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Between 1700 and 1900 a number of life-sized automatons were created including a famous mechanical duck made by Jacques de Vaucanson that could crane its neck, flap its wings and even swallow food.
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Karel Capek coins the word robot to describe machines that resemble humans in his play called Rossums Universal Robots. The play was about a society that became enslaved by the robots that once served them.
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George Devol and Joe Engleberger design the first programmable robot ‘arm’. This later became the first industrial robot, completing dangerous and repetitive tasks on an assembly line at General Motors
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The IBM 360 becomes the first computer to be mass-produced.
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The U.S. successfully use the latest in computing, robotic and space technology to land Neil Armstrong on the moon.
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The first LEGO based educational products are put on the market and Honda launches a project to build a walking humanoid robot.
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Sony releases the first version of AIBO, a robotic dog with the ability to learn, entertain and communicate with its owner. More advanced versions have followed.
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Epsom release the smallest known robot, standing 7cm high and weighing just 10 grams. The robot helicopter is intended to be used as a ‘flying camera’ during natural disasters.
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After being first introduced in 2002, the popular Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner has sold over 2.5 million units, proving that there is a strong demand for this type of domestic robotic technology.
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built out of a collaboration between NASA and General Motors, is a dexterous humanoid robotic testbed designed to accelerate t
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