History of Robotics

Honda's Asimo - 2005

• ≈60 A.D. - Hero of Alexandria designs the first automated programmable machine.
• 1921 - The term 'Robot' was coined by Karel Capek in the play 'Rossum's Universal Robots'
• 1941 - Isaac Asimov introduced the word 'Robotics' in the science fiction short story 'Liar!'
• 2000 - Honda unveils ASIMO, the first non-prototype release of its humanoid robot
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How do I build a Robot?

So you're interested in building your very own robot? Well look no further. Making a robot can be a lot easier than you may think...read more

Future of Robotics

Partner - © Toyota 2008

Looking back over history it can be seen that there are a number of key technological innovations, which form the basis of whole new areas of research and development. An early example is the steam engine, introduced in the late 18th century, it allowed previously manual operation, such as the use of weaving machines to be automated, this resulted in a huge growth in industry which eventually led to the industrial revolution. read more

Robotics Careers & Education

Working on Robot - © NASA

So, you are interested in robotics and want to get a job working with them...

Robotics is a huge field spanning areas such as Electronics, Mechanics, Software engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Psychology and Biology. Gaining skills and knowledge in one or more of these subjects is a good start if you want to work in robotics. read more

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