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First industrial robot called the Unimate was invented by George Devol and it was used on the assembly line at the Inland Fisher Guide Plant in Ewing Township, New Jersey to assemble motors in 1961. It was a programmable robot.
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The first computer-controlled robot arm was created to help disabled people at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital in Downey, Caifornia.
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An automatic vehicle that can navigate through obstacles called the Stanford Cart is invented by Hans Moravec.
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The first robot-assisted surgical procedure was conducted by the PUMA 560 robotic surgical arm in 1985. It was manually controlled by the surgeon.
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An insect-like six legged robot called Genghis was developed in 1989 by the Mobile Robotics Group at MIT. It runs automatically.
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Honda created the P-1 robot that is humanoid that can walk like humans, as well as carrying out simple tasks like opening doors and flipping switches. It runs automatically.
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The Pathfinder Mission lands on Mars with a free-range rover called Sojourner. It sends 2.3 billion bits of data to Earth which includes about 17000 photos and 15 analyses of soil and rock samples as well as information on weather and wind patterns.
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Honda develops the next humanoid robot in their series. This robot can recognise faces and its surroundings and can be controlled by voice commands. It can carry out tasks like carrying things, opening doors and flicking light switches.
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NASA launches the Curiosity rover to Mars to determine whether the planet is habitable or not. This rover continues to operate to the present day and is automatic.
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The first hitchhiking robot was created in Canada called hitchBOT. It hitchhiked across Canada and Europe to see how people would react to a robot in society. It was destroyed in 2015 in Philadelphia.
