Where+are+robots+made+?

= Artificial Intelligence =

By; Ismael Fajardo

 * The first machine that was consider as a robot was made in 1956, this robot was made by the father of robotics his name was [|Joseph F. Engelberger]. The robot was invented in __General Motors__ U.S.A. The robot was called Unimate, it was cheaper for companies, because this way the companies didnt have the need to hire workers. The first real design of a robot was created by the man that invented the tank, and created the Mona Lisa.[| Leonardo da Vinci]draw plans for a humanoid robot in 1495. His notebooks contain detailed drawings of a mechanical knight now known as Leonardo's robot, able to sit up, wave its arms and move its head and jaw. The design was probably based on anatomical research recorded in his Vitruvian Man. It is not known whether he attempted to build it. In my opinion this was just a matter of time. || [[image:http://www.esacademic.com/pictures/eswiki/76/Leonardo-Robot3.jpg width="364" height="296"]] ||

__This video shows Fanuc factories. Its a company that uses robots to build other robots.__
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 * ==== Commercial and industrial robots are now in widespread use performing jobs more cheaply or with greater accuracy and reliability than humans. They are also employed for jobs that are too dirty, dangerous or dull to be suitable for humans. Robots are widely used in manufacturing, assembly and packing, transport, earth and space exploration, surgery, weaponry, laboratory research, and mass production of consumer and industrial goods. ====
 * ==== 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. These robots could sense light and contact with other objects, and use these stimuli to navigate. ====

When societies began developing nearly all production and effort was the result of human labor. As mechanical means of performing functions were discovered, and mechanics and complex mechanisms were developed, the need for human labor was reduced. Machinery was initially used for repetitive functions, such as lifting water and grinding grain. With technological advances more machines were slowly developed, such as those invented by Hero of Alexandria in the 4th century BC, and the first half of the second millennium AD, the Automata of Al Jazari in the 10th century AD. They were not widely adopted as human labor, particularly slave labor, was still inexpensive compared to the capital-intensive machines.


 * __This table shows the different types of robots.__**



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