Robots of the United States include simple household robots such as Roomba to sophisticated autonomous aircraft such as the MQ-9 Reaper that cost 18 million dollars per unit.Reminiscing on the RoombaThe Rise Of The Droids The first industrial robot, robot company, and exoskeletons as well as the first dynamically balancing, organic, and nanoscale robots originate from the United States.1961: The First RobotA Brief History of ExoskeletonsSmallest Robot
History
In 1898 Nikola Tesla publicly demonstrated a radio-controlled torpedo. Based on patents for "teleautomation", Tesla hoped to develop it into a weapon system for the US Navy.
In 1926, Westinghouse Electric Corporation created Televox, the first robot put to useful work. In the 1930s, they created a humanoid robot known as Elektro for exhibition purposes, including the 1939 and 1940 World's Fairs.
Unimate was the first industrial robot, which worked on a General Motors assembly line in New Jersey in 1961.1961: Installation of the First Industrial Robot It was created by George Devol in the 1950s using his original patents. Devol, together with Joseph F. Engelberger started Unimation, the world's first robot manufacturing company.
In 2008 the U.S. Air Force 174th Fighter Wing transitioned from F-16 piloted planes to MQ-9 Reaper drones, which are capable remote controlled or autonomous flight, becoming the first all-robot attack squadron.MQ-9 ReaperUnmanned Reapers bound for Iraq, Afghanistan
Modern robots
Domestic
Roomba a vacuum cleaner Scooba a floor washer Looj a rain gutter cleaner
Entertainment iRobot Create
Extraterrestrial ATHLETE lunar rover Mars Exploration Rover
Medical
Da Vinci Surgical System
Military (offensive/multi-role)
Aerial MQ-8 Fire Scout MQ-9 Reaper
Terrestrial Black Knight unmanned tank Gladiator tactical unmanned ground vehicle MarkV-A1 MULE / XM1219 PackBot / SUGV TALON
Military (non-offensive)
Aerial RQ-4 Global Hawk RQ-7 Shadow RQ-14 Dragon Eye
Terrestrial ACER Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot BigDog dynamically balancing quadruped Crusher Dragon Runner MATILDA
Nanoscale
New York University walking DNA robot Smallest Robot: Science Videos - Science News - ScienCentral
Walker
BigDog dynamically balancing quadruped Anybots Dexter, the first dynamically balancing biped Dexter Walks Timberjack Walking Machine logger
Non-autonomous (human operated) These machines are human operated and not autonomous. Therefore, they do fit the classical description of a robot.
Exoskeleton
Berkeley Lower Extremity Exoskeleton Sarcos/Raytheon XOS Exoskeleton, currently the most advanced exoskeleton, research for the XOS is funded by DARPA and NIST for use in the military and to "replace the wheelchair".Building the Real Iron ManBuilding the Real Iron Man
Military MQ-1 Predator
Research Tufts University morphing chemical robot Tufts to develop morphing 'chemical robots'
Software
Microsoft Robotics Studio - .NET based VxWorks - operating system, notably used by ASIMO Robot App Store - Apps for every robot
American robotics companies Anybots Barrett Technology Berkshire Grey Bluefin Robotics Boston Dynamics Brooks Automation Cobalt Robotics Cobot Nation Diligent Robotics Energid Technologies Evolution Robotics Fetch Robotics Foster-Miller Harvest Automation Hydroid Inspectorbots Intuitive Surgical iRobot Kiva Systems Locus Robotics Mitsubishi Electric Automation - Robotics Myomo (myoelectric prosthetics) Rethink Robotics Savioke SuperDroid Robots Vecna Robotics Vishwa Robotics Willow Garage
See also Japanese robotics Robots in warfare Shadow Hand British Robotics company Underwater robot Drone Terminator, movie about artificial intelligence
References
External links
http://www.shadowrobot.com/