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Robots

By Shunzero
  • Beginnings
    1 BCE

    Beginnings

    1st century BC
    Heron of Alexandria creates automata powered by steam and air.
  • Leonardo da Vinci
    1478

    Leonardo da Vinci

    (1478-1519) → Leonardo da Vinci designs a mechanical knight, a precursor to humanoid robots.
  • The Mechanical Duck

    The Mechanical Duck

    Jacques de Vaucanson creates automata such as the mechanical duck that simulates eating and digesting.
  • The Basis of Automation.

    The Basis of Automation.

    Joseph Jacquard invented the automatic loom with punched cards, the basis of automation.
  • First Programmable Robot

    First Programmable Robot

    George Devol patents the first programmable robot: Unimate.
  • The First Industrial Robot.

    The First Industrial Robot.

    Unimate is installed at General Motors as the first industrial robot.
  • KUKA

    KUKA

    KUKA develops the first six-axis industrial robot.
  • The Humanoid Robot

    The Humanoid Robot

    Honda begins the humanoid robot project that will give rise to ASIMO.
  • Honda P2

    Honda P2

    Honda introduces the P2 humanoid robot, the precursor to ASIMO.
  • AIBO

    AIBO

    Sony launches AIBO, an entertainment robot dog.
  • ASIMO

    ASIMO

    Honda launches ASIMO, an advanced humanoid robot capable of walking and climbing stairs.
  • Atlas

    Atlas

    Boston Dynamics showcases Atlas, a humanoid robot with high mobility and balance.
  • Present

    Present

    Collaborative robots are being integrated into factories and services; advances in artificial intelligence are driving autonomous surgical, logistics, and healthcare robots.