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Robotics

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  • First fictional automatons called "robots" appear in the play R.U.R.

    First fictional automatons called "robots" appear in the play R.U.R.
  • Humanoid robot exhibited at the 1939 and 1940 World's Fairs. the name of the robot was Elektro. Seven feet tall (2.1 m), weighing 265 pounds (120.2 kg), humanoid in appearance, he could walk by voice command, speak about 700 words (using a 78-rpmre

     Humanoid robot exhibited at the 1939 and 1940 World's Fairs. the name of the robot was Elektro.  Seven feet tall (2.1 m), weighing 265 pounds (120.2 kg), humanoid in appearance, he could walk by voice command, speak about 700 words (using a 78-rpmre
  • First commercial robot, from the Unimation company founded by George Devol and Joseph Engelberger, based on Devol's patents. Unimate was the first industrial robot,which worked on a General Motors assembly line at the Inland Fisher Guide Plant in Ewing T

     First commercial robot, from the Unimation company founded by George Devol and Joseph Engelberger, based on Devol's patents. Unimate was the first industrial robot,which worked on a General Motors assembly line at the Inland Fisher Guide Plant in Ewing T
  • The world’s first microcomputer controlled electric industrial robot, IRB 6 from ASEA, was delivered to a small mechanical engineering company in southern Sweden. The design of this robot had been patented already 1972.

    The world’s first microcomputer controlled electric industrial robot, IRB 6 from ASEA, was delivered to a small mechanical engineering company in southern Sweden. The design of this robot had been patented already 1972.
  • Programmable universal manipulation arm, a Unimation product The PUMA (Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly, or Programmable Universal ManipulationArm) is an industrial robot arm developed by Victor Scheinman at pioneering robot company Unimation.

     Programmable universal manipulation arm, a Unimation product The PUMA (Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly, or Programmable Universal ManipulationArm) is an industrial robot arm developed by Victor Scheinman at pioneering robot company Unimation.