1495: Leonardo’s Robot A model of the interior and exterior of the knight. [Photo: Erik Möller] Even Leonardo Da Vinci is responsible for part of robotics history–he made the first human-like ...

Despina Kakoudaki joined us today to take our questions about the history of robots in our stories, including one on just how far back the earliest instance of robots appearing in a written story ...

Industrial robotics pioneer George Devol creates Unimate, the world's first programmable robot. In 1961 it is put to work on a General Motors automotive assembly line. #15 Birth Of The Robotics ...

A Brief History of Awesome Robots From futuristic cities to a 1980s Chinese restaurant, a peek back at the real and fictional robot icons of the last century.

The robot thus violated Isaac Asimov’s First Law of Robotics, “A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm,” first articulated in 1942.

Sandia's robotics history goes beyond amazing shrinking robots. The Sandia Interior Robot (that's SIR to you) wowed Americans in 1985 as the first robot to navigate a building without ...

Eight years ago, Universal Robots sold the world’s first collaborative robot - long before the term for this emerging robot class was coined. Fast forward to 2016 and the cobot market with an ...

London's Science Museum wants to bring the UK's first robot back to life, and is asking for your help to do it. Named Eric, the robot marks a significant place in British history. He was the first ...