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| '''Unimate''' was the first ],<ref> | '''Unimate''' was the first ],<ref> | ||
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| It was invented by ] in the 1950s using his original patent filed in 1954 and granted in 1961 ({{US Patent|2,988,237}}). The patent begins: | It was invented by ] in the 1950s using his original patent filed in 1954 and granted in 1961 ({{US Patent|2,988,237}}). The patent begins: | ||
| <blockquote>The present invention relates to the automatic operation of machinery, particularly the handling apparatus, and to automatic control apparatus suited for such machinery.<ref name=Rosen>Rosen, Rebecca J. |
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| Devol, together with ], his business associate, started the world's first robot manufacturing company, ].<ref name=first></ref> | |||
| The machine undertook the job of transporting |
The machine undertook the job of transporting on auto | ||
| The original Unimate consisted of a large computer-like box, joined to another box and was connected to an arm, with ] stored in a ]. | |||
| The Unimate also appeared on '']'' hosted by ] on which it knocked a golf ball into a cup, poured a beer, waved the orchestra conductor's baton and grasped an accordion and waved it around.<ref name=first /><ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113174852/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKo6KMkuVAk |date=January 13, 2012 }}</ref> | |||
| In ] the Unimate was inducted into the ].<ref></ref> | |||
| ==In popular culture== | ==In popular culture== | ||
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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.
It was invented by George Devol in the 1950s using his original patent filed in 1954 and granted in 1961 (U.S. patent 2,988,237). The patent begins:
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- Nof, Shimon Y (1999). Handbook of Industrial Robotics (2nd ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 3–5. ISBN 0-471-17783-0.
- 1961: Installation of the First Industrial Robot
- Menzel, Peters; Faith D'Aluisio (2000). Robo sapiens: evolution of a new species. The MIT Press. pp. 186–189. ISBN 0-262-13382-2.
- Mickle, Paul. "1961: A peep into the automated future", The Trentonian. Accessed August 11, 2011. "Without any fanfare, the world's first working robot joined the assembly line at the General Motors plant in Ewing Township in the spring of 1961.... It was an automated die-casting mold that dropped red-hot door handles and other such car parts into pools of cooling liquid on a line that moved them along to workers for trimming and buffing. Its most distinct feature was a grip on a steel armature that eliminated the need for a man to touch car parts just made from molten steel."
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