Torres Quevedo Demonstrates Telekino: Remote Control is Born
Leonardo Torres Quevedo steers a boat from the shore using radio waves before King Alfonso XIII and a massive crowd in Bilbao, effectively launching the age of remote control technology. This demonstration proved that machines could operate without direct human contact, laying the immediate groundwork for modern robotics, drone flight, and automated industrial systems.
September 25, 1906
120 years ago
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