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1961

Unimate at a car plant

United States · Robotics

In 1961, Unimate, the first industrial robot used on a production line, began working at the General Motors plant in Trenton, New Jersey. It removed castings from a die-casting machine, which was dangerous and monotonous work. [1][2][3]

Sources

  1. The Henry Ford: Robot, First Unimate Robot Ever Installed on an Assembly Line, 1961
  2. IEEE Spectrum: In 1961, the First Robot Arm Punched In
  3. Moran, M. E.: Evolution of robotic arms (Journal of Robotic Surgery, PMC)

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Unimate at a car plant
Frank Q. Brown, Los Angeles Times · CC BY 4.0 · source