Robotics & Automation · Recorded milestone
Robot tortoises
Recorded year1949
W. Grey Walter's Elmer and Elsie wander, steer towards light and find their way back to recharge, the first autonomous mobile robots.
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Led to
- Home robotRecorded · 2001enables
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.