Robot History Timeline

What was the name of the smallest six-axis industrial robot on the market in 2016?

• Pepper

• Precise Automation PF400

• Robonaut (R2B)

• Meca500

Which company jointly developed Pepper, the first social robot with human emotion recognition, in 2014?

• ABB

• Softbank Mobile Corp

• Reis Robotics

• Hitachi

What was the name of the first tabletop robot with intrinsic safety introduced for laboratory automation in 2013?

• KUKA Quantec

• HAL

• Precise Automation PF400

• IRB 120

What was the first humanoid robot launched to the International Space Station in 2011?

• Robocoaster

• Robonaut (R2B)

• Roomba

• Helpmate

Which company launched a new series of shelf-mounted robots with a new controller in 2010?

• KUKA

• Yaskawa Motoman

• Universal Robots

• ABB

What was the first powered exoskeleton designed to support paraplegics, developed in 2009?

• HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb)

• Kiva Systems DU 1000

• ROS (Robot Operating System)

• Motoman super speed arc welding robots

Which company released the first version of ROS (Robot Operating System) in 2009?

• ABB

• Willow Garage

• KUKA

• Universal Robots

What was the smallest multipurpose industrial robot launched by ABB in 2009?

• IRB 60

• IRB120

• Meca500

• Quantec

Which company introduced a robot control system to synchronize up to 8 robots in 2009?

• ABB

• Yaskawa Motoman

• Universal Robots

• KUKA

Which company introduced the first cobot (collaborative robot) in 2008?

• ABB

• Universal Robots

• Yaskawa Motoman

• KUKA