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1898 Nikola Tesla created a remote-controlled robot
His crew-less boat moved under it's own power, propelling
and steering, all controlled without wires.
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1920 Karel Capek, a Czechoslovakian playwright first
introduced the word "robot" into his play "Rossum's
Universal Robots". The word comes from "robota"
which means tedious labor.
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1938 the first programmable spray painting robot
was designed by Willard Pollard and Harold Roselund.
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1942 the word "robotics" was first used
in a short story, Runaround, written by Isaac Asimov. He
also defined the 3 points of conduct for robots, known as
the Three Laws of Robotics:
- A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction,
allow a human being to come to harm.
- A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings
except where such orders conflict with the first law.
- A robot must protect its own existence as long as
such protection does not conflict with the First or
Second law.
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1951 the first tele-operated articulated arm
was designed in France by Raymond Goert. This arm using
steel cables and pulleys was a major milestone in force
feedback technology. It was designed for the Atomic Energy
Commission.
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1954 is when the term Universal Automation was
first coined. George Devol designed the first programmable
material handling robot.
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1959 marked the establishment of the Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory at MIT.
The two men credited were Marvin Minsky and John McCarthy.
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1963 Stanford University announces John McCarthy
will head up their NEW Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
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1965 The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon
University was established.
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We're only up to 1965 and there's so much more to go.
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