1969

The electric Stanford arm

United States · Robotics

In 1969 at Stanford, Victor Scheinman designed the six-axis Stanford Arm, the first successful electrically powered, computer-controlled robotic arm. The PUMA industrial robots from Unimation were based directly on it. [1][2]

Sources

1. Computer History Museum: Timeline 1969 – The Stanford Arm
2. Moran, M. E.: Evolution of robotic arms (Journal of Robotic Surgery, PMC)

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