The first three sentences summarize key details about early developments in robotics: Ctesibius created early mechanical robots with movable figures in water clocks in 270 BC. Leonardo Da Vinci designed one of the first humanoid robots, called the anthrobot, in 1495. George Devol created the first programmable industrial robot in 1954.

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The anthrobot,
Greek physicist The first
a mechanical
and inventor, programmable
man, is
makes organs robot was
designed by The robots industry
and water clocks created by starts its rapid growth
Leonardo Da
with movable George Devol. with robot entering the
Vinci.
figures. market every month
c.270 BC 1495 1940s 1954 1973 1980 2004
Water Clock
BEAM expert, Dr. Mark W Tilden
Grey Walters The first commercial The humanoid, Robosapien, is
creates the early available minicomputer- created by US robotics physicist and.
robot named Elsie controlled industrial robot is
the Tortoise. developed by Richard Hohn,
for Cincinnati Milacron
Corporation. The robot is
called the T3, the
Ttomorrow Robot.
Robotics Website
Orcutt Academy High School www.oahs.net
Technology Class www.wix.com/oacore/web
Information collected from
Mark W Tilden and his
http://www.used-robots.com/robot-education.php?page=robot+timeline
Humanoid Robosapien.
Elise the Tortoise