When? Where?

The Robotic revolution

began around 1495 when Leonardo Da Vinci
sketched the first plans for a humanoid robot ,
at the court of Milan.

Between 1700 and 1900 a number of life-sized robots
were created including a famous mechanical duck
made by Jacques de Vaucanson that could move
its neck, flap its wings and even swallow food.
By 1932 the first robotic toy was manufactured in
Japan. The Lilliput was a wind-up toy that could
walk. It was made from tinplate and was just 15cm
tall.
In the year of 1957 the Soviet Union launches
Sputnik, the first artificial orbiting satellite. This marks
the very beginning of the space exploration.


1986 the first lego based products were put on the
market and Honda launches a project to build a
walking human like robot.
In 1999 Sony releases the first version of AIBO, a
robotic dog with the ability to learn, entertain and
interact with its owner. They continued to advance
this product.
2008 the robotic vacuum was introduced and over
2.5 million vacuums were sold. Proving that there is
a strong demand for robotic products.





The Lilliput







Sputnik


















Sketches done by Leonardo de Vinci in 1495.
Mechanical duck made
by Jacques de
Vaucanson around
1700
Hondas first
humanoid robot
Robotic dog
the first robotic
vacuum
Roomba
Industrial robots form an important part
in the manufacturing backbone of the
world , in the automotive sector but also
quickly expanding to different sectors
from food to electronics.
Europe is one of the world leading
places in industrial robotics with a share
of more than 25 % of supply and usage,
and is expected to grow about 6 % per
year in the next 3 years.
I think that robotics will continue to
advance in both positive and negative
ways.
The robotic revolution will continue to
expand and offer ways of making life
easier, as it has since it began.
I believe it is unpredictable where the
revolution of robotics will be in the future
but it will continue to develop.
Robotics have served many purposes in
the past for modern warfare, such as
machine guns, tanks, and rc combat
robots. In the future this will continue to
advance.
This has helped certain countries to win
in battles against less developed places
in the world.
During World War II, the Germany army
sent out an early demolition robot
dubbed the Goliath. Also known as the
beetle tank, this robotic device
resembled a miniature tank. They used
the Goliath to deliver 200 pounds of
explosives to enemy tanks, infantry and
buildings, according to the U.S. War
Department.

Robotics was introduced in the science
of medicine during the early 1980s, first in
the field of urology. Robotic arms were
introduced and used for medical
operations.
Robotics have become a big part of the
job field and people are losing jobs
because of it.
Robots are used in the medical field in
the form of surgery robots that help
perform long surgeries, cyborg robotic
limbs and nanotechnology, which are
miniature robots inserted into the body
for inspection. Explore robots' roles in the
field of medicine with information from
an electrical and computer engineering
professor in this free video on robots.