Inventor

Jr George C Devol

Patents indexed

Year range

1961

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Years active

1961

Total patents

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1961

Domains

mechanicalautomotiveconsumer_electronics

Activity by decade

1960s

Patents

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1 patents, in 1961

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How George Devol Invented the First Industrial Robot Arm

The 1954 patent for the Unimate, the first digitally controlled robotic arm that could be programmed to move objects in a factory.

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