To the individuals that have designed and created these robots, and has put part of their lives in their work to successfully create these robots, the goal of this web site is recognize those individuals and is dedicated to retain this information and history. This web site contains only part of the 'First Wave of Robotics' and the research, time, frustration, hope, knowledge and work that has gone into creating and building these robots, is not always available, recorded or retained, but should be recognized. The next generation of individuals and robots, will have the same issues and probably more problems than addressed here, to deal with. It is with the understanding that with a little more information they can take us to the next step along the way. The picture of these robots is a recording of part of our history of robots and is intended to be part of that process. I hope that you copy and retain many or all of the pictures and information that is presented here, and reuse them, as you need.

Robots are here now. In this day and age we tend to forget that robots are not a thing of the past, but are with us every day. As we look, sell, repair and use toy, educational, personal, industrial and commercial robots, I still have people ask me, " What useful purpose do they serve? What can they do? Can they help me with my work? Are these are just toys for children? Do they take my job away from me?

My answer is: "They can do work and help us make a living and make our lives easier. It puts food on the table and a roof over our head. Robots help us do work, learn and entertain us, and is part of the proving grounds of our future advances in that technology, and it could be viewed as a experimental stage of our ideas."