# Jr George C Devol — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Jr George C Devol has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How George Devol Invented the First Industrial Robot Arm](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/2988237/unimate-industrial-robot-devol) — granted 1961
  The 1954 patent for the Unimate, the first digitally controlled robotic arm that could be programmed to move objects in a factory.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/jr-george-c-devol

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