Unimate
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Unimate was the first industrial robot,[1] which worked on a General Motors assembly line in New Jersey, in 1961.[2][3] 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.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Nof, Shimon Y. (1999). Handbook of Industrial Robotics, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 3-5. ISBN 0-471-17783-0.
- ^ 1961: Installation of the First Industrial Robot
- ^ Menzel, Peter; Faith D'Aluisio (2000). Robo sapiens: evolution of a new species. The MIT Press, pp. 186-189. ISBN 0-262-13382-2.
- ^ 1961: The First Robot
