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UNIMATE
George Devol designed the first truly programmable robot and called it
UNIMATE for "Universal Automation." (US patent 2 998 237) [4]
Later, in
1956, George Devol and Joseph Engelberger formed the world's first robot
company “Unimation” which stands for “universal automation”. [2]
As a
result, Engelberger has been called the 'father of robotics’. [3]
Unimation is still
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Spuntik
History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully
launched Sputnik I. The world's first autonomous, artificial satellite was 22.8
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First Industrial Robot
One of the first operational, industrial robots in North America appeared in
the early 1960’s in a candy factory in Kitchener, Ontario. [1] -
Research institute
Artificial intelligence research laboratories are opened at M.I.T., Stanford
Research Institute (SRI), Stanford University, and the University of
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Robotics institute
Carnegie Mellon establishes the Robotics Institute -
The First Computer
The first computer controlled walking machine was created by Mcgee and
Frank at the University of South Carolina -
Standford Arm
Victor Scheinman created the Stanford Arm, which was the first successful
electrically-powered, computer-controlled robot arm. -
First Walking Vehicle
V.S. Gurfinkel, A. Shneider, E.V. Gurfinkel and colleagues at the department
of motion control at the Russian Academy of Science create the first six-legged
walking vehicle. [ -
First General Purpose Chips
Intel (Integrated Electronics) produced the first batch of second-generation
8080 general purpose chips. -
industrial operations
Victor Schenman developed the Programmable Universal Manipulation Arm
(Puma). It was widely used in industrial operations.