Historic moments in robotics

  • First Laws of Robotics

    First Laws of Robotics

    Isaac Asimov formulates the famous Three Laws of Robotics in his science fiction stories.
  • First industrial robot “Unimate”

    First industrial robot “Unimate”

    George Devol creates Unimate, the first programmable robotic arm used in factories.
  • Unimate en General Motors

    Unimate en General Motors

    The first industrial robot is installed in a General Motors plant to automate production.
  • Robot Shakey

    Robot Shakey

    The Stanford Research Institute develops Shakey, the first mobile robot capable of reasoning and planning tasks.
  • WABOT-1 in Japan

    WABOT-1 in Japan

    WABOT-1, the world's first humanoid, is built at the University of Waseda.
  • Advances in industrial robots

    Advances in industrial robots

    Robotics expands in the automotive and electronics industry, with robots like those from FANUC and KUKA.
  • Rover Sojourner on Mars

    Rover Sojourner on Mars

    NASA sends the Sojourner robot, the first rover to successfully explore Mars.
  • ASIMO by Honda

    ASIMO by Honda

    Presentation of the ASIMO humanoid robot, capable of walking and performing interactive tasks.