1966–1972Peer-reviewedWell documented
Shakey the Robot
On the timeline · around 1966–1972 ·
What happened
Built at the Stanford Research Institute, Shakey was the first mobile robot able to perceive its surroundings and reason about its own actions. It could plan routes, move objects, and recover from errors, driven by a planning program called STRIPS.
Why it matters
Shakey combined perception, planning, and action in one machine for the first time, and its methods influenced robotics and AI for decades.