The most famous real robots in history
The top 3 according to 3 votes from people: WABOT-1 · AIBO · Elektro. (Updated Jan 12, 2023.)
Not movie robots but real machines: from the first industrial robot, Unimate, through ASIMO and AIBO to Spot, Atlas and the rovers on Mars. Which one impressed you most?
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Top 15
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1
WABOT-1
The first full-scale humanoid robot, from Japan, 1973.
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2
AIBO
Sony's 1999 robot dog.
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3
Elektro
Westinghouse's smoking robot at the 1939 World's Fair.
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4
Unimate
The first industrial robot, at General Motors from 1961.
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5
Shakey
The first mobile robot to "reason" about its own actions.
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6
Genghis
A six-legged walking robot from MIT.
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7
Sojourner
The first rover on Mars, 1997.
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8
Kismet
The MIT head that could show emotions.
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9
ASIMO
Honda's humanoid that climbed stairs and ran from 2000.
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10
da Vinci Surgical System
The surgical robot used by surgeons all over the world.
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11
Roomba
iRobot's robot vacuum, in millions of homes from 2002.
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12
Curiosity
NASA's Mars rover, in Gale Crater since 2012.
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13
Atlas
Boston Dynamics' humanoid that does backflips.
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14
Sophia
The Hanson Robotics robot that was granted Saudi citizenship in 2017.
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15
Spot
Boston Dynamics' yellow robot dog.
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