Unimate

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Unimate was the first industrial robot,[1] which worked on a General Motors assembly line in 1961.[2] It was created by George Devol in the 1950s using his original patents. Devol, together with Joseph F. Engelberger started Unimation, the world's first robot manufacturing company.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Nof, Shimon Y. (1999). Handbook of Industrial Robotics, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 3-5. ISBN 0-47117-783-0.
  2. ^ 1961: Installation of the First Industrial Robot
  3. ^ 1961: The First Robot
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