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That depends on what you consider to be a robot. In Ancient times mechanical device existed which could move and might be considered robots.

In 1495, Leonardo da vinci is believed to be the first person to design a humanoid robot, a mechanical knight that could move its arms and head.

But the term robot was not invented until 1921 when Karel Capek coined the term in the play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots). The term comes from the word "robota," which is a Czech term for forced labor.

In 1954, George Devol created the Unimate, an industrial robotic arm that lifts hot metal and stacks it.

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