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c. 400–301 BCE
A Taoist text called the Liezi describes a human-like robot.
c. 200–60 BCE
The Antikythera mechanism is created. It was an ancient Greek device used to calculate.
c. 1206 CE
Al-Jazari designs his "Floating Orchestra."
c. 1739
Jacques de Vaucanson
creates his “Digesting Duck.”
1804
The Jacquard machine is patented. The machine created a programmable loom using punch cards.
1843
Ada Lovelace writes the first computer program.
1920
The word “robot” is first used in the play Rossum’s Universal Robots.
1927
The film Metropolis
is released.
1950
Alan Turing publishes his test called “The Imitation Game.”
1952
Osamu Tezuka creates Astro Boy.
1955
The term “artificial intelligence” is coined.
1961
The first industrial robot helps build cars in factories.
1986
The first self-driving car is created.
2002
The first Roomba
is released.
2016
Sophia the Robot is activated.
2022
ChatGPT is launched.