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Leonardo da Vinci designed what may be the first humanoid robot though it cannot be confirmed if the design was actually ever produced. The robot was designed to sit up, wave its arms, and move its head via a flexible neck while opening and closing its jaw.
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Blaise Pascal invented a calculating machine to help his father with taxes. The device was called the Pascaline and about 50 Pascalines were built. Only a few can be found in museums such as the one on display in the Des Arts et Metiers Museum in Paris.
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John Brainerd created the Steam Man
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Frank Reade Jr built the "Electic Man"
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Westinghouse creates ELEKTRO a human-like robot that could walk, talk, and smoke
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Isaac Asimov first used the word "robotics" to describe the technology of robots and predicted the rise of a powerful robot industry
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The first programmable mechanism , a paint-sprayer, was designed by Willard Pollard and Harold Roselund
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W. Grey Walter created his first robots; Elmer and Elsie, also known as the turtle robots
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Raymond Goertz designed the first tele-operated articulated arm for the Atomic Energy Commission
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George Devol designed the first truly programmable robot and called it
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One of the first operational, industrial robots in North America appeared in the early 1960's in a candy factory in Kitchener, Ontario
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The first computer controlled walking machine was created by Mcgee and Frank at the University of South Carolina
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Ichiro Kato created WABOT I which was the first full-scale anthropomorphic robot in the world.
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Intel produced the first bath of second-generation 8080 general purpose chips
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Shigeo Hirose developed Titan II
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Collie 1, was developed by H. Miura at the University of Tokyo
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Aquarobot, a walking robot for underea use, was created at the Robotics Laboratory at the Ministry of Transport in Japan
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The 8 legged walking robot Danta explored Mt. Erebrus in Antarctica
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NASA's PathFinder landed on Mars. The wheeled robotic rober sent images and data about Mars back to Earth
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Personal Robots released the Cye robot which performed a variety of household chores.
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iRobot released the first generation of Roomba robotic vacuum cleaners
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As part of their mission to explore Mars, NASA launched twin robotic rovers
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It was reported that Japanese scientists had unveiled a robotic fish that could one day be used to observe fish in the ocean or survey oil platforms for damage.
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An Israeli newspaper reported that Israel is using nanotechnology to create a robot no bigger than a hornet that would be able to chase, photograph and kill its targets.
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South Korean education officials said almost 30 robots have started teaching English to young kids in a South Korean city, in a pilot project designed to nurture the nascent robot industry.
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Scientists at the Harvard robotics laboratory performed a successful flight of hovering robots the size of crane flies.
