Despina Kakoudaki joined us today to take our questions about the history of robots in our stories, including one on just how far back the earliest instance of robots appearing in a written story ...

1495: Leonardo’s Robot A model of the interior and exterior of the knight. [Photo: Erik Möller] Even Leonardo Da Vinci is responsible for part of robotics history–he made the first human-like ...

A Brief History of Awesome Robots From futuristic cities to a 1980s Chinese restaurant, a peek back at the real and fictional robot icons of the last century.

Industrial robotics pioneer George Devol creates Unimate, the world's first programmable robot. In 1961 it is put to work on a General Motors automotive assembly line. #15 Birth Of The Robotics ...

Eric was one of the world’s first robots and was built less than a decade after the word “robot” was first used, according to a statement on the fundraising site.

From research labs to our own homes, robots are everywhere these days. Check out our list of the 10 most important ones ever built.