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This column links to notes about the history of real robotics including early example of "Not Quite Robots".
History of Robots
1. Automatons
1. Automatons
Talos, Hephaestus
Water Powered Owl, Ktesibios
Water Organ, Hero of Alexandria
Hercules Killing the Dragon, Heron
Metal-Plated Warrior, Leonardo da Vinci
Lute Player Lady, Juanelo Turriano
Robot Band, Al-Jazari
peacock fountain, Al-Jazari
elephant clock, Al-Jazari
Musician, Drafter, Writer - Pierre Jacquet-Droz
This column links to notes about fictional robots that played a notable role in the history of robotics
2. Programmable Machines
2. Programmable Machines
Rechenuhr (Machancial Calculator), Wilhelm Schickard 1624
Flute Player, Jacques_de_Vaucanson
Jacquard Loom 1804
Tabulating Machine, Herman Hollerith 1890
3. Science Fiction
Rosum's Universal Robots, Karel Capek 1920
Metropolis, Fritz Lang
"Liar!", Issac Asimov 1941
"Runaround", Isaac Asimov 1942 (3 Laws of Robotics)
5. Industrial Robots
5. Industrial Robots
IRb6
6. Unmanned Spacecraft
6. Unmanned Spacecraft
Viking
Voyager
Ulyssis
Police Robots
T7 Bomb Disposal Robot
Taurus Bomb Disposal Robot
URBOT - Man Portable Robotic System
Spike
MATILDA
SARGE
Packbot 510
Recon Throwbot
Androids & other Walking Robots
Wabot
Wabot II
Sophia
Science Fiction
West World, Michael Crichton
Star Trek - The Next Generation, Gene Roddenberry (Data)
Dr. Who (Cybermen)
Sonic the Hedgehog series (E-123 Omega)
DC Comics - Cyborg
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams (Marvin)
Star Wars - George Lucas (R2D2, C3P0)
The Terminator, James Cameron (Terminator, T-1000)
Alien (Synthetics) 1979
Short Circuit, John Badham (Johny5)
Robocop, Paul Verhoeven (Robocop)
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