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Čapek baptized the devices as "robots", from the Czech word robota, in reference to the forced labor of the servants. -
In 1949, William Grey Walter, British neurophysiologist and inventor born in the United States -
Known as "Unimate", the first industrial robotic arm was put into operation at a General Motors plant, lifting and -
Victor Scheinman designed a small robotic arm with joints driven by electric motors integrated into the arm itself. -
He was known as Shakey for his hesitant way of moving, but what most distinguished this robot, created by a group of engineers from the Stanford Research Institute, was that it included some pioneering skills. -
Japanese automation researcher Hiroshi Makino designed the four-axis SCARA, or "Selective Compliance Assembly Robotic Arm -
Cynthia Breazeal believes that if we are really going to work with robots, trust them and invite them to our homes, robots must be able to read people's emotions and appear to have a personality. With this in mind, he got to work on Kismet, a robotic head designed to provoke emotions and react to them. -
The group devened an algorithm that allowed the robot to explore every square meter of a given space. Practically, the same concept works as a control mechanism for a robotic vacuum cleaner; -
For several years, this four-legged robot has been seen traveling rough terrain: lush forests, 60-degree hills, knee-length snow and piles of bricks. It is not completely autonomous; a human controller pilots it, so it does not need a sophisticated planning and vision system.