History of Robotics

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The term robot comes from the word robota meaning serf labour and was first popularized in a 1920 Czech play by Karel Capek called Rossums Universal Robots. French inventor, Jacques de Vaucanson is credited with creating the worlds first true robot in 1738, but early pioneers also include Japanese craftsman Tanaka and inventor Nikola Telsa.

Elmer and Elsie, the first electronic autonomous robots were created by William Walter in Bristol, England in 1948 and 1949. But the Uni-mate, was the first truly modern, digitally operated, programmable, and teachable robot. It was invented in 1954 by George Devol, who later went on to co-found the world's first robot company.

General Motors employed the very first industrial robot in a New Jersey factory in 1961. And we can trace advances in robotics technology from the Unimate to WABOT-1, the first anthropomorphic robot in 1973, to Hondas ASIMO, now considered to be the most advanced humanoid robot in the world.

While todays robots help us build automobiles, act as practice patients for dentists, and even help surgeons perform operations, future advances will likely continue to make our lives easier in ways we haven't even imagined yet.

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[TheLoginzoom]

And we haven't even started with robots yet lol.

[pcna]

0:14 ERROR: this is the automaton built by Innocenzo Manzetti!!!!

[OJB99]

i thout the one of the inventors name was testical! lol



[nanogirl]

Very cool!

[6364gg2]

THE TORTISE!!!! I saw Elmer at the smithsonian!

[Zeanu]

How old is this shit? They didn't mention any other newly discovered pioneers an artifacts.