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1982 Marc Raibert creates the first robot that can hop and keep its
balance

1984 Joseph Engelberger founds HelpMate Robotics to develop
service robots

1986 Marc Raibert establishes the Leg Laboratory at MIT and
demonstrates bipedal robot acrobats

Early Rodney Brooks develops Cog, a robot with humanlike ways
1990s of “paying attention”
Cynthia Breazeal extends the principles behind Cog to create
Kismet, a “sociable” robot modeled after a human infant
1997 NASA’s six-wheeled Sojourner robot explores Mars

1998 Hans Moravec predicts that robots will achieve human intel-
ligence by 2040
Kevin Warwick uses a radio chip in his arm to communicate
with and customize his computerized environment
2000 Honda unveils Asimo, an agile humanoid robot that can
walk, run, and even dance
Colin Angle, Helen Greiner, and Rodney Brooks of iRobot
market a robot doll called “My Real Baby”

2002 iRobots Roomba robot vacuum cleaner is introduced
Kevin Warwick demonstrates two-way connection between
the human nervous system and a robot

2004 U.S. Defense Department finances the development of robotic
dogs to carry supplies for soldiers

2005 iRobot introduces new versions of “packbot” military robot
A robot-controlled Volkswagen Touareg SUV designed by
Stanford University wins a 132-mile race through the Nevada
desert