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    Unimate was the first industrial robot, which worked on a General Motors assembly line at the Inland Fisher Guide Plant in Ewing Township, New Jersey...
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    1912 – August 11, 2011) was an American inventor, best known for creating Unimate, the first industrial robot. The National Inventors Hall of Fame says,...
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    joins a collection of historically important robots that includes an early Unimate and the Odetics Odex 1. The essence of the design is represented in three...
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  • Engelberger developed the first industrial robot in the United States, the Unimate, in the 1950s. Later, he worked as entrepreneur and vocal advocate of robotic...
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    robot under the brand name Unimate. They introduced their new robot in 1961 at a trade show in Chicago. The first Unimate prototypes were controlled by...
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    acted as intelligent agent by demonstrating conditioned reflex learning. Unimate, the first digitally operated and programmable robot, was invented by George...
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    programmable robot was built by George Devol in 1954 and was named the Unimate. It was sold to General Motors in 1961 where it was used to lift pieces...
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    announces the Quicksort algorithm, the most common sorter on computers. 1961 – Unimate, the first industrial robot, was introduced. 1962 – First transatlantic...
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    20th century. The first digitally operated and programmable robot, the Unimate, was installed in 1961 to lift hot pieces of metal from a die casting machine...
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    marketed Unimate, George Devol invented the robotic arm. It focused on using Unimate for tasks harmful to humans. In 1959, a 2700-pound Unimate prototype...
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    Archived from the original on May 16, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2013. "Unimate". Robot Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013. Retrieved...
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  • industrial automation applications”. The first industrial robot arm, "Unimate," was developed by Joseph F. Engelberger, known as the "father of the robot...
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  • theorems, machines were deemed inferior. Unimation's industrial robot Unimate worked on a General Motors automobile assembly line. 1963 Thomas Evans'...
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    Robotics MobileRobots Inc Pioneer 2, Pioneer 3-DX, Pioneer 3-AT Puma 560, Unimate Scout 2 Shrimp III, BlueBotics SA Surveyor SRV-1, Surveyor Corporation...
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    formulates the principles of cybernetics, the basis of practical robotics. 1961 Unimate The first digitally operated and programmable non-humanoid robot, is installed...
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    first quantum computer Born in Corbin George Devol (1912–2011) Inventor of Unimate, the first industrial robot Born in Louisville Rex Geveden Associate Administrator...
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  • and finish VAL was one of the first robot ‘languages’ and was used in Unimate robots. Variants of VAL have been used by other manufacturers including...
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    body's 3,900 welds were carried out by 75 automatic welding devices. 26 Unimate industrial robots perform ~35% of the welding operations; about 55% of...
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    Elektro for exhibition purposes, including the 1939 and 1940 World's Fairs. Unimate was the first industrial robot, which worked on a General Motors assembly...
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  • of mainframe computers Cisco 1900-series switch for computer networking Unimate 1900 series mechanical arm, first robotic arm for die casting Series 1900...
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    elements, to the point that these mimicked actions or images cause revulsion. Unimate, the first off-the-shelf industrial robot, of 1961. Waldo, a short story...
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    was awarded a fellowship sponsored by George Devol, the inventor of the Unimate, the first industrial robot. Scheinman traveled with Devol and Joe Engelberger...
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    welding together of the pressed panels was undertaken by a team of four "Unimate" robots christened, by their human colleagues, Theophile, Arsine, Marcel...
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  • using space tools and working in similar environments to suited astronauts Unimate – the first off-the-shelf industrial robot, of 1961 GuRoo UWA Telerobot...
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    licensed their technology to Kawasaki Heavy Industries and GKN, manufacturing Unimates in Japan and England respectively. For some time, Unimation's only competitor...
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  • country; Joseph Engelberger, who developed the first industrial robot, Unimate, made by his company Unimation from 1961 - there were around 200,000 industrial...
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  • robot to replace human workers, installing the 4,000 pounds (1,800 kg) Unimate automated hydraulic arm developed by George Devol and Joseph Engelberger...
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    Institute of Technology, and a Denning Mobile Robot; robot arms included Unimate I, the Rancho and Stanford Arms and Orm from Stanford, the Direct Drive...
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  • (prismatic P joints), with (PP)P joint topology.  The first industrial robot, Unimate, was invented in the 1950s. Its control axes correspond to a spherical...
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