History

Media publications

• BBC News: Timeline: Real robots - A timeline providing an overview of the development of robots and computers. From 400 BC to 2001. (Published 2001.09.10)

	Brief History of Artificial Intelligence URL: http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/bbhist.html ODP description: A timeline of AI and Robotics events from 500 BC to 2000 AD. Page description: AI Topics provides basic, understandable information and helpful resources concerning artificial intelligence, with an emphasis on material available online.
	A Brief History of Robotics URL: http://robotics.megagiant.com/history.html ODP description: A timeline of robotics beginning with a mechanical bird built in 350 BC and continuing to the current day. Page title: MegaGiant Robotics
	Robot Evolution URL: http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~hpm/project.archive/robot.papers/2000/robot.evolution.html ODP description: Text and photos of talk by Han Moravec giving a concise history of autonomous mobile robots from Grey Walter to the present day. Includes Moravec's projection of future developments. Page title: Robot Evolution Talk
	The Age of Intelligent Machines: Chronology URL: http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0298.html ODP description: Chronology of robotics and AI from Ray Kurzweil's book The Age of Intelligent Machines. Starts with the abacus in 5000 BC and progresses to the modern day. Also include optimistic projections of future history. Page title: KurzweilAI.net
	History of Computers URL: http://www.maxmon.com/history.htm ODP description: Important events in the history of computers, electronics, math, and robotics. From 350 million BC to the present day. Page title: Frame page for History of Computers
	The Origin of Robot and Robotics URL: http://www.robotics.utexas.edu/rrg/learn_more/history/ ODP description: Describes the origin of the terms Robot, Robotics, and Unimate. Focuses on the impact of Isaac Asimov on the history of robotics. Page title: RRG/Learn More/History