Robotics Timeline
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Updated: 28 Sep 2018
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Created byVictor Escalante
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1921 - The term "robot" was first used in a play called "R.U.R." or "Rossum's Universal Robots" by the Czech writer Karel Capek1942 - "The Three Laws of Robotics" were created1984 - "Cybernetics", an influence on artificial intelligence research was published by Norbert Wiener1956 - George Devol and Joseph Engelberger formed the world's first robot company.1964 - The first industrial robot was online in a General Motors automobile factory in New Jersey. It was called Unimate1963 - The first artificial robotic arm to be controlled by a computer was designed1968 - The octopus-like Tentacle Arm was developed by Marvin Minsky.1969 - The Stanford Arm was the first electrically powered, computer-controlled robot arm.1979 - The Standford Cart crossed a chair-filled room without human assistance
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