Robotics


 * ​TIMEL​INE OF THE HISTORY OF ROBOTICS**

350 BC || The brilliant Greek mathematician, builds a mechanical bird that is propelled by steam || 250 BC || Ctesibius of Alexandria builds organs and water clocks with movable figures. || 1495 || Leonardo da Vinci designed and possibly built the first humanoid robot. || 1773 || Pierre and Henry Louis Jaquet-Droz invented the first automaton that could write. || 1810 || Fridrich Kaufmann creates the mechanical trumpetteer || 1885 || Frank Reade Jr. built the Electric Man which is more-or-less an electric version of the Steam Man || 1893 || Dr. Achibald Campion builds the Boilerplate which is a prototype soldier. || 1937 || Westinghouse creates ELEKTRO a human-like robot that could walk, talk, and smoke. || 1940 || Issac Asimov produces a series of short stories about robots. || 1948 || W. Grey Walter creates his first robots; Elmer and Elsie known as the turtle robots. || 1954 || George Devol designs the first programmable robot and calls it the "Universal Automation." || 1960 || American Machine and Foundry (AMF Corp.) markets the first cylindrical robot called the Versatran || 1961 || UNIMATE becomes the first industrial robot in use. It was used at the General Motors factory in New Jersey || 1963 || The Rancho Arm is created and is the first computer controlled artificial robotic arm, it was designed as a tool for the handicapped || 1969 || Victor Scheinman creates the Stanford Arm, which was the first successful electrically-powered, computer-controlled robot arm. || 1970 || SRI International creates Shakey the first mobile robot controlled by artificial intelligence. || 1972 || WAP-3 designed by Ichiro Kato could walk on flat surface as well as descend and ascend a staircase or slope. It could also turn while walking. || 1973 || Edinburgh University's robot FREDDY was built. FREDDY could assemble wooden toys. || 1980 || Robert Quinn and Roy Ritzmann at Case Western Reserve University create a six-legged robotic insect. || 1981 || Shigeo Hirose developed Titan II. It is a quadruped which could climb stairs. || 1984 || Biper-4 is designed by Isao Shimoyama and Hirofumi Miura at the University of Tokyo || 1985 || The Omnibot 2000, a toy robot, is created by the Tomy Kyogo Company Inc. It was controlled by a hand-held remote control or through programs stored on magnetic tape || 1988 || The first HelpMate robot goes to work at Danbury Hospital in Conneticut. || 1990 || Dr. William Bargar and Howard Pual of Integrated Surgical Systems Inc. and the University of California at Davis develop the Robodoc. It performs a hip-replacement operation on a dog || 1996 || RoboTuna is created by David Barrett at MIT. The robot is used to study how fish swim. || 1997 || NASA's PathFinder lands on Mars. It is a robotic rover that sends images and data about Mars back to Earth, while it roams the planet || 1998 || Tiger electionics creates the FURBY. This robot is a pet toy which communicates with its owner || 1998 || Dr. Cynthia creates Kismet, a robotic creature that socially interacts with people || 1998 || LEGO releases their MINDSTORMS product line, which is a system for inventing robots. || 1998 || Campbell Aird, is fitted with the first bionic arm called the Edinburg Modular Arm System || 1999 || Sony releases the first Aibo electronic dog || 2000 || Sony unveils humanoid robots, the Sony Dream Robots (SDR) at Robodex. || 2001 || MD Robotics of Canada builds the Space Station Remote Manipulator System || 2002 || Honda creates the Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility. || 2005 || The Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), creates HUBO, and claims it is the smartest robot in the world. This robot is linked to a computer via a high-speed wireless connection, the computer does all of the thinking for the robot. ||


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**COLLAGE OF ROBOTICS**