Timeline of Important Robots

By GodZilli
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    Leonardo Da Vinci's Robot

    Leonardo Da Vinci's Robot
    Leonardo da Vinci created the first human-like robot. Perhaps inspiring many coming generations of robots.

  • Unimate - First industrial robot

    Unimate was the first robot to be employed in factories replacing human workers, effectively laying the groundwork for decades of fear of the robots taking over our jobs.

  • "Shakey the Robot" The free thinking robot

    "Shakey the Robot" The free thinking robot
    The first general-purpose mobile robot, meaning a robot that can analyze a command and break it down into basic steps to execute. The development of this robot started in 1966, and ended in 1972.

  • BostonDynamics

    BostonDynamics
    In 1992 the company BostonDynamics was founded. They have created many robots with different purposes, and advanced the field of robotics significantly. For example they created the iconic Spot the canine inspired robot, and Atlas, a robot capable of many types of movement.

  • Household Robots

    In present time robots in households are useally vacuumcleaner and lawnmovers. The first robotic vacuum cleaner was made in 1996 called the trilobyte

  • AI wins over humans

    AI wins over humans
    Deep Blue won over the reigning chessmaster Kasparov in 1996 for the first time, a chess AI which had been in development since 1985.

  • Mars Pathfinder - By Nasa

    Mars Pathfinder - By Nasa
    Nasa has had an instrumental impact on advancing the field of robotics. Mars Pathfinder was a robotic spacecraft send to Mars to deploy a wheeled robotic Mars rover named Sojourner. It was launched in 1996 and landed in 1997

  • Lego Mindstorms

    Lego Mindstorms
    Lego was one of the easiest and cheapest ways for anyone to make their own robot. Thus having great importance in teaching and inspiration for the next generation of robotic engineers.

  • ASIMO - by Honda

    ASIMO - by Honda
    ASIMO is thought of as the best robot at imitating human movements. One of the most advanced robots in recent time. Named in respect to Isaac Asimov

  • OpenAI - The Next Suppreme AI

    OpenAI was started in 2016, an AI which has beaten the best players in Dota 2, a very complex multiplayer game. It is capable of both 1v1 battles, and team battles. A fascinating accomplishment.