Robotics Timeline By facebooker_100007540175567 200 Ctesibus invents Water Clock 350 First Robot Invented Nov 8, 1898 Nikola Tesla invents Remote Control Boat Jan 1, 1946 George Devol patents a playback device Jan 1, 1966 ELIZA is created at MIT by Joseph Weizenbaum Apr 3, 1968 A Space Odyssey movie is released May 25, 1977 Star Wars is released Jan 1, 1981 Takeo Kanade builds the direct drive arm Jan 1, 1993 Dante, an 8-legged robot, is developed Dec 1, 1996 Honda builds ASIMO Feb 1, 2000 LEGO releases the Mindstorms Robotics Invention System 2.0 Nov 1, 2003 Sony releases the AIBO ERS-7 Jul 4, 2015 The Pathfinder Mission lands on Mars