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When societies began developing nearly all production and effort was the result of human labour. As mechanical means of performing functions were discovered, and mechanics and complex mechanisms were developed, the need for human labour was reduced. Machinery was initially used for repetitive functions, such as lifting water and grinding grain. With technological advances more complex machines were slowly developed, such as those invented by [[Hero of Alexandria]] (in Egypt) in the 1st century AD, and the first half of the second millennium AD, such as the Automata of [[Al-Jazari]] in the 12th century AD (in [[History_of_iraq#Arab_conquest_and_Abbasid_Caliphate|medieval Iraq]]). They were not widely adopted as human labour, particularly slave labour, was still inexpensive compared to the capital-intensive machines. Men such as [[Leonardo Da Vinci]] in 1495 through to [[Jacques de Vaucanson]] in 1739, as well as rediscovering the [[Ancient Greek technology|Greek engineering]] methods, have made plans for and built automata and robots leading to books of designs such as the Japanese ''Karakuri zui'' (''Illustrated Machinery'') in 1796. As mechanical techniques developed through the Industrial age we find more practical applications such as [[Nikola Tesla]] in 1898, who designed a radio-controlled torpedo, and the [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation]] creation of Televox in 1926. From here we also find a more [[android (robot)|android]] development as designers tried to mimic more human-like features including designs such as those of biologist Makoto Nishimura in 1929 and his creation [[Gakutensoku]], which cried and changed its facial expressions, and the more crude [[Elektro]] from Westinghouse in 1938.
Electronics then became the driving force of development instead of mechanics,
▲Electronics then became the driving force of development instead of mechanics, with the advent of the first electronic [[autonomous robot]]s created by [[William Grey Walter]] in [[Bristol]], [[England]], in 1948. The first digital and programmable robot was invented by [[George Devol]] in 1954 and was ultimately called the [[Unimate]]. Devol sold the first Unimate to [[General Motors]] in 1960 where it was used to lift pieces of hot metal from [[die casting]] machines in a plant in [[Trenton, New Jersey]]. Since then we have seen robots finally reach a more true assimilation of all technologies to produce robots such as [[ASIMO]] which can walk and move like a human. Robots have replaced slaves in the assistance of performing those repetitive and dangerous tasks which humans prefer not to do, or are unable to do due to size limitations, or even those such as in outer space or at the bottom of the sea where humans could not survive the extreme environments.
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