robot Dan Garcia By Machucho349 1948 Beginnings of Robotics 1951 First articulated arm 1952 First NC machine 1954 First Programmable Robot Arm 1961 First Artificial Robot 1962 installation of the first Unimate robot in a plant 1969 The first industrial robot produced in Japan 1978 First “Pick and Place” Robot 1996 NASA Pathfinder 2005 Self-Driving Cars Pass Their First Big Test