history of robotics

By history of robotics
  • Period: 300 BCE to

    History Of Robotics

  • 270 BCE

    Greek water clocks were made

    Greek water clocks were made
    An ancient Greek engineer named Ctesibus made organs and water clocks The concept for his clock was fairly simple; a reservoir with a precise hole in the bottom would take 24 hours to empty its contents. The container was marked into 24 divisions.
  • 100 BCE

    The Antikythera Device was thought to be created at this time

    The Antikythera Device was thought to be created at this time
    The device is a complex mix of gears which most likely calculated the position of the sun, moon or other celestial bodies. It is considered to be of Greek origin and was consequently named "The Antikythera Device"
  • 70

    The creation of basic odometer

    The creation of basic odometer
    The Hero of Alexandria designed an odometer to be mounted on a cart and measure distances travelled.
  • 1495

    First evident design of humanoid robots

    First evident design of humanoid robots
    Leonardo da Vinci designed what may be the first humanoid robot though it
    cannot be confirmed if the design was actually ever produced. The robot was
    designed to sit up, wave its arms, and move its head via a flexible neck while
    opening and closing its jaw.

  • Invention of a simple calculator

    Invention of a simple calculator
    Blaise Pascal invented a calculating machine to help his father with taxes. The device was called the Pascaline and about 50 Pascaline's were built.

  • A smaller and apparently better Pascaline was invented

    A smaller and apparently better Pascaline was invented
    A pocket version of the Pascaline was invented by Samuel Morland which worked “without charging the memory, disturbing the mind, or exposing the operations to any uncertainty

  • Smaller and more advanced automatons were created

    Smaller and more advanced automatons were created
    miniature automatons became popular as toys for the very rich. They were made to look and move like humans or small animals

  • Early versions of looms were invented

    Early versions of looms were invented
    Joseph-Marie Jacquard invented a machine (essentially a loom) that could be programmed to create designs that could be printed onto cloth or tissue.

  • Invention of the "Steam Man"

    Invention of the "Steam Man"
    John Brainerd created the Steam Man apparently used to pull wheeled carts and more.

  • Time Concept

    World war one started

  • the creation of "ELEKTRO"

    the creation of "ELEKTRO"
    Westinghouse creates ELEKTRO a human-like robot that could walk, talk, and smoke. ELEKTRO was first unveiled at the 1939 world’s fair.

  • the fist programmable mechanism was made

    the fist programmable mechanism was made
    The first “programmable” mechanism, a paint-sprayer, was designed by Willard Pollard and Harold Roselund for the DeVilbiss Company.

  • invention of the fist transistor

    invention of the fist transistor
    Walter Brattain had an accident while trying to study how electrons acted on the surface of a semiconductor. This accident brought about the creation of the first transistor.

  • Raymond Goertz designed the first "robotic" arm

    Raymond Goertz designed the first "robotic" arm
    Raymond Goertz designed the first tele-operated articulated arm for the Atomic Energy Commission. This is generally regarded as a major milestone in force feedback technology

  • The fist computer controlled robot was made

    The fist computer controlled robot was made
    The first computer controlled walking machine was created by Mcgee and Frank at the University of South Carolina