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Long ago (around 400-350 BCE) a mathematician named Archytas made the first robot: a steam powered pigeon.
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Many years past and the development of Robots wasn't going much further than the steam powered pigeon. However, Leonardo Da Vinci thought of an idea: a knight that could attack on its own.
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Still long ago, a man named Jacques de Vaucanson made a life like duck that could supposedly eat, walk, flap its wings, and excrete its food.
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In 1921, no one really knew what to call "robots" until a man of the name Karel Capek introduced the word "robot" in his play. (Robot means required labor in Czech.)
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During the 20th-century, people finally started to make movies about robots. However, the film that started it all was "Maria" the first movie to have a robot in it. (it was a film about how a robot destroyed humanity"
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In 1940, Isaac Asimov wrote about robots. His most important thing that he wrote were the Three Laws of Robotics (A robot may not injure a human being. A robot must obey orders given it by human. A robot must protect its own existence.
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During 1954, the first programmable robotic arm was created by two guys George Devol and Joe Engleberger
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Star Wars was created in 1977. It had C3PO, R2D2, etc... It made the long lasting image of what robots should look like.
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During 1986, Honda took one of the furthest steps in making a robot and released a walking android (human size) which would later progress (through many years until 2000) and be called Asimo.
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People eventually wanted to make robots that could play soccer. Eventually, they want to make a robot that can beat a pro soccer team, but that goal is further ahead in the future.
