please tell me which activity was the first step in robotics? thanks.
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Robbie from 'forbidden planet' predates that by at least 4 years... ;)
On a serious note (f#), I'd say the Jacquard loom.
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I vote for numerically controlled machine tools around 1960
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Probably the first example of a data-controlled machine is the Jaquard loom of approx 1850
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~350 B.C The brilliant Greek mathematician, Archytas ('ahr 'ky tuhs') of Tarentum builds a mechanical bird dubbed "the Pigeon" that is propelled by steam. It serves as one of histories earliest studies of flight, not to mention probably the first model airplane.
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