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Sputnik 1 Is Launched Into Space
The Soviet Union launches the worlds first ever Artificial Earth Satellite into low earth orbit, consequently starting the space race.
Sputnik was used to observe low orbit and to be made an example that the Soviet Union was capable of such feats. -
The First Industrial Robot
George Devol and Joe Engleberger design the first programmable robot ‘arm’, which becomes the first industrial robot making production much easier and safer. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the most exciting moment in human history as it was the mission that sent Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin to the moon which carved a mark in history and also brought an end to the Space Race. -
Shakey The Robot
Shakey The Robot was the first general purpose mobile robot which was able to ponder about it's own actions. Shakey was able to take a command and break it down to which it would then perform those actions. Shakey was also the first robot to merge logical reasoning and physical action.
Shakey was a type of Mobile Robot -
Dante II
Dante II was used by scientists to collect deadly samples and explore live volcanoes which would otherwise be impossible by human standards.
Dante II was a form of a Mobile Robot -
Deep Blue
Deep Blue was a computer built to play chess against extremely skilled players to which it did and very well, but to todays standards wouldn't come anywhere close to what computers can do nowadays.
Deep Blue was dismantled after its rematch against Garry Kasparov who called the company behind Deep Blue(IBM) cheaters for tampering with the computer during the tournament. -
ASIMO By Honda
Honda unveils the ASIMO robot which at the time was the best functioning humanoid robot compared to other models.
ASIMO is a form of a Mobile Robot -
Roomba
The now extremely popular little robot named Roomba quickly took residence in millions of homes around the world by being efficient and compact.
Roomba is a type of Mobile Robot/Roomba has multiple sensors built in to help the robot see where it's able to drive to and where the boundaries are. -
Spirt The Rover Lands On Mars
The rover named Spirit landing on Mars was an incredible achievement as NASA was able to gather all different types of information about the landscape and general environment of Mars. -
Siri
Siri was brought to the iPhone 4S in 2011 and was seen as a big step forwards in technology as Siri was able to help do all most anything from weather to reading your mail, and since then has developed and is able to better deal with certain tasks