What was the first robot?

Welcome to History's Not Boring by Kidopoly.com! Join hosts Mira and Finn as they uncover the amazing history of robots! Did you know the word "robot" actually comes from a 1920s stage play? But the dream of building mechanical helpers is way older than that! Travel back 2,000 years to Ancient Greece, where an inventor named Hero built moving statues powered by steam! Fast forward to 1495, and the famous artist Leonardo da Vinci designed a mechanical knight that could sit up and wave its arms! We'll even learn about a totally wild mechanical duck from 1738 that could eat, quack, and digest its food! Then, discover Unimate, the very first real factory robot from 1961 that lifted burning hot metal so humans didn't have to. Today, robots are everywhere! They vacuum our floors, perform tricky surgeries, and even explore the rocky surface of Mars! From ancient steam statues to space rovers, tune in to find out how humans have spent thousands of years inventing machines to do the impossible!