American robotics

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Robots of the United States include simple household robots such as Roomba to sophisticated autonomous aircraft such as the MQ-9 Reaper that cost 18 million dollars per unit.[1][2] The first industrial robot, robot company, and exoskeletons as well as the first dynamically balancing, organic, and nanoscale robots originate from the United States.[3][4][5][6]

History

In 1898 Nikola Tesla publicly demonstrated a radio-controlled torpedo.[7] Based on patents for "teleautomation", Tesla hoped to develop it into a weapon system for the US Navy.[8][9]

In 1926, Westinghouse Electric Corporation created Televox, the first robot put to useful work. In the 1930s, they created a humanoid robot known as Elektro for exhibition purposes, including the 1939 and 1940 World's Fairs.[10][11]

Unimate was the first industrial robot,[3] which worked on a General Motors assembly line in New Jersey in 1961.[12][13] It was created by George Devol in the 1950s using his original patents. Devol, together with Joseph F. Engelberger started Unimation, the world's first robot manufacturing company.[4]

In 2008 the U.S. Air Force 174th Fighter Wing transitioned from F-16 piloted planes to MQ-9 Reaper drones, which are capable remote controlled or autonomous flight, becoming the first all-robot attack squadron.[2][14][15]

Modern robots

Domestic

Entertainment

Extraterrestrial

Medical

Military (offensive/multi-role)

Aerial

Terrestrial

Military (non-offensive)

Aerial

Terrestrial

Nanoscale

Walker

Non-autonomous (human operated)

These machines are human operated and not autonomous. Therefore they do fit the classical description of a robot.

Exoskeleton

Military

Research

Software

American robotics companies

See also

References

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External links

  1. Reminiscing on the Roomba
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Rise Of The Droids
  3. 3.0 3.1 Nof, Shimon Y. (1999). Handbook of Industrial Robotics (2nd Edition ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 3–5. ISBN 0-471-17783-0. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 1961: The First Robot
  5. A Brief History of Exoskeletons
  6. Smallest Robot
  7. Cheney, Margaret (1989). Tesla, man out of time. New York: Dorset Press. ISBN 0-88029-419-1. 
  8. US 613809 
  9. "Tesla - Master of Lightning". PBS.org. Retrieved 2008-09-24. 
  10. "Robot Dreams : The Strange Tale Of A Man's Quest To Rebuild His Mechanical Childhood Friend". The Cleveland Free Times. Retrieved 2008-09-25. 
  11. Scott Schaut (2006). Robots of Westinghouse: 1924-Today. Mansfield Memorial Museum. 
  12. 1961: Installation of the First Industrial Robot
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  14. MQ-9 Reaper
  15. Unmanned Reapers bound for Iraq, Afghanistan
  16. Dexter Walks
  17. http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-04/building-real-iron-man?page=1 Building the Real Iron Man
  18. http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-04/building-real-iron-man?page=4 Building the Real Iron Man