Robot Timeline

  • The first underwater Camera

    The first underwater Camera
    1856, William Thompson takes the first underwater pictures using a camera mounted on a pole
  • The first Military Robot invention

    The first Military Robot invention
    In 1898 Tesla demonstrated a radio-controlled motorboat to a government representative, suggesting the potential military application of his technology.
  • The Scuba

    The Scuba
    he word “scuba” is an acronym for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Émile Gagnan designed the first successful and safe open-circuit scuba
  • First picture of earth

    First picture of earth
    The first photograph of Earth from space, taken on 24 October 1946. This is the first photograph of Earth ever taken from space.
  • The first satellite

    The first satellite
    It was during this period of scientific cooperation that the Soviet Union stunned the world with the launch of Sputnik, the first satellite ever. On October 4, 1957
  • Moon landing

    Moon landing
    A spacecraft landed on the moon and the first ever person to walk the moon occured
  • The first robot in space

    The first robot in space
    Robonaut 2 or R2 was flown to the space station as part of STS-133 mission and was the first humanoid robot in space.
  • The first space station

    The first space station
    The first space station was Salyut 1, which was launched by the Soviet Union on April 19, 1971.
  • Exploring the Titanic Wreck

    Exploring the Titanic Wreck
    The wreck of Titanic was located in 1985 by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's new imaging vehicle Argo on its first deep-sea cruise, towed from the Research Vessel Knorr.
  • Military Drones

    Military Drones
    In the aftermath of 9/11, the CIA began flying armed drones over Afghanistan as part of the war against the Taliban