2007-11-30 17:37:09 · 17 answers · asked by ARVIND 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
An early humanoid robot was made in the 1930s by Westinghouse Electric Corporation. It was known as Elektro, and was exhibited at the 1939 and 1940 World's Fairs.
The first electronic autonomous robots were created by William Grey Walter of the Burden Neurological Institute at Bristol, England in 1948 and 1949. They were named Elmer and Elsie.
The first truly modern robot, digitally operated, programmable, and teachable, was invented by George Devol in 1954 and was ultimately called the Unimate.
2007-11-30 23:52:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Number 5
2007-12-01 01:40:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The name of the first robot was Unimate, used by General Motors.
2007-12-02 17:42:37 · answer #3 · answered by Average Joe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word "robot" comes from a novel called, "RUR, Roberts Universal Robots." I don't know if the robots in it had names.
2007-12-01 22:52:07 · answer #4 · answered by Gerald G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mister Robotto
2007-12-01 01:39:51 · answer #5 · answered by zx14 guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
X-21, RAND Corp. data transformer unit
2007-12-01 01:40:05 · answer #6 · answered by bluedevs_98 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That robot in LOST IN SPACE!!
2007-12-01 01:45:38 · answer #7 · answered by paulalinettegarrison 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
R2D2
edit: woah... like 3 other ppl said the same thing as i did, at the same time....
2007-12-01 01:39:49 · answer #8 · answered by Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
R2D2
2007-12-01 01:39:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
R2D2
2007-12-01 01:39:43 · answer #10 · answered by MiMi ♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋