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A timeline of robotics beginning with a mechanical bird built in 350 BC and continuing to the current day.
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MegaGiant Robotics Tarentum builds a mechanical bird dubbed the Pigeon that is propelled by steam. It serves as one of histories earliest studies of flight, not to mention probably the first model...Chronology of robotics and AI from Ray Kurzweil's book The Age of Intelligent Machines. Starts with the abacus in 5000 BC and progresses to the modern day. Also include optimistic projections of future history.
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KurzweilAI.net KurzweilAI.net This site requires frames....An article by Adam Currie that covers the high points of robot history. Includes many links and photos.
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Adam's Robot Page Aibo with its living cousin (from BBC News Center Robot III six-legged robotic insect, developed by Roger Quinn and Roy Ritzmann at Case Western Reserve University (from Hexapod robots web...A timeline of recent robotics history starting with Karel Capek's RUR in 1920 and progressing to 2001.
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Robot History E the ultimate source of insight into robotics automation home site navigationnews encyclopedia robotica events robot directory robot gallery books feedback about TrueForce History Timeline of Robotics 1920 Czechoslovakian playwright...A timeline providing an overview of the development of robots and computers. From 400 BC to 2001.
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BBC News ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Timeline: Real robots They have been around for centuries in various forms. Here's a brief overview of the development of both robots and computers. 400 BC Philosopher and mathematician Archytas of Tarentum built...A timeline of AI and Robotics events from 500 BC to 2000 AD.
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Brief History of Artificial Intelligence A chronology of significant events in the History of AI initially prepared for use in Introduction to AI classes by Bruce G. Buchanan University Professor Emeritus University of Pittsburgh and...Describes the origin of the terms Robot, Robotics, and Unimate. Focuses on the impact of Isaac Asimov on the history of robotics.
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RRG/Learn More/History Learn about how the terms robot and robotics came about and get a brief introduction to the history of robotics. Topics Definition of a robot First use of the word...Text and photos of talk by Han Moravec giving a concise history of autonomous mobile robots from Grey Walter to the present day. Includes Moravec's projection of future developments.
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Robot Evolution Talk Industrial mobile robots today have a very limited market because they work only on expensively prearranged routes. Hundredfold increases in onboard computer power in the 1990s finally allowed research robots...