Unimate

Unimate

Unimate was the first industrial robot, [cite book
last = Nof
first = Shimon Y.
authorlink = Shimon Y. Nof
title = Handbook of Industrial Robotics
edition = 2nd Edition
year = 1999
publisher = John Wiley & Sons
pages = pp. 3-5
id = ISBN 0-471-17783-0
] which worked on a General Motors assembly line in New Jersey, in 1961. [ [http://world-information.org/wio/infostructure/100437611663/100438659325 1961: Installation of the First Industrial Robot] ] [cite book |last=Menzel |first=Peter |authorlink=Peter Menzel |coauthors=Faith D'Aluisio |title=Robo sapiens: evolution of a new species |page=pp. 186-189 |year=2000 |publisher=The MIT Press |isbn=0-262-13382-2 ] 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. [ [http://www.capitalcentury.com/1961.html 1961: The First Robot] ]

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