Key events in the history of robots (1)
Early history : India's legend of mechanical elephants
Witches and magicians causing inanimate objects to become alive
1000 B.C : Abacus (bead-adding machine)
800 B.C. : Homer -Walking tripods in the Iliad
300 B.C. :Water-powered scale models of creatures that move (automatons)
100 B.C. : Greek ship with analog navigational computer on board
A.D. 1621 : William Oughtred -Rectilinear and circular slide rules
1623 : Wilhelm Schickard -Four-function calculator
1642 : Blaise Pascal -Calculator for adding and subtracting (mass produced)
1730-1780 : Clockwork automatons
1801 : Joseph jacquard -Automated loom using holes punched in cards for control (first NC machine)
1812 : Charles Babbage -Theory of automated computing
1822 : Difference engine
1830 : Christopher Spencer -Cam-operated lathe
1833 : Analytical engine
1868 : Zadoc P. Dederick -Steam-powered rickshaw man
1880s : Railroads -Automaton railroad signal that looks like a man and operates on electricity
1890 : Herman Hollerith -Punch card tabulating equipment for U.S. census
1892 : Seward Babbitt -Motorized crane with gripper to remove ingots from a furnac e
1898 : Nikola Tesla -Radio-controlled submersible boat
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