History of Robotics | RobotShop Community

This section is intended to provide you with an overview of the history of robotics. As you may have guessed, the history of robotics is intertwined with the history of technology, science and the basic principle of progress. Technology used in computing, electricity, even pneumatics and hydraulic


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Good question. We have contacted Servo Magazine to find out what’s happened. For the moment we took down those links.

None of the article links is working for me :confused:
I get a 404 error for everyone of them. Just a temporary issue?

Sir, kindly give more informations and facts about the ASIMO of Honda.

@Aravind Krishnan S The Asimo still retails for around $1 million. It’s really only considered by research / educational institutions.

building robots hAve been my dream for so long…am happy to b a mechatronics student…madly in love with robot

The first large and international robot competition was the first Robot Olympics which took place in Glasgow in Scotland - see Wikipedia page for details.

I need help, I plan to compete for the robotics, the contest will be held next week, and i still–can’t program a robot…

@perszi kyla garlan Since the comment does not pertain to this post, please create a new topic on the RobotShop Forum and provide as many details as possible.

Hi Coleman Benson, I am an Mechanical engineer currently working on Aero projects with 7+ years of experience. I am quite interested to persue my career in the field of robotics. Could you please guide me on this.

@Ajay Kumar S Mechanical Engineering is an excellent choice -try some programming / electronics when you select optional courses to see if those aspects of robotics are also of interest.

I Realy Enjoyed,thanks

Thank you I am learning and really need your information, I think is great when someone is willing to share and teach others.
I do not have a website, but am looking forward to learn more from other lessons in Robotics.