George Devol
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George Charles Devol Jr. was an American inventor, best known for creating Unimate, the first industrial robot. The National Inventors Hall of Fame says, "Devol's patent for the first digitally operat
Phantom Doorman automatic door
The first static magnetic recorder that used a saw blade to record information
U.S. Patent 2,988,237, issued in 1961 to Devol
Unimate
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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, in 1961. There were in fact a family of robots.
George Devol
…George Charles Devol Jr. (February 20, 1912 – August 11, 2011) was an American inventor, best known for creating Unimate, the first industrial robot. The National Inventors Hall of Fame says, "Devol's patent for the first digitally operated programmable robotic arm…
Unimate pouring coffee for a human, 1967