The First Robot to Play Chess Was Built in 1951 - Apparently.
In 1951, the first chess-playing robot, called Logical Deduction, was developed at the University of Cambridge. The robot used a mechanical arm to move pieces around the board and was capable of making strategic decisions based on a set of pre-programmed rules. The robot was tested against human opponents and was able to win against some of them, marking a significant milestone in the development of artificial intelligence and robotics. The robot's creator, Alexander Douglas, was a young computer scientist at the time.