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The first digital/programmable robot was called Unimate and was sold for a $35,000 loss to General Motors the same year its patent was approved. The Unimate was...

So far my life has been rather extraordinary in that through great underserved luck 1 I have been present at, or nearby to, many of the defining technological advances in computer science, Artificial Intelligence, and robotics, that now in 2021 are starting to dominate our world. I knew and rubbed shoulders 2 with many of the greats, those who founded AI, robotics, and computer science, and the world wide web. My big regret nowadays is that often I have questions for those who have passed on, and I didn’t think to ask them any of these questions, even as I saw them and said hello to them o...

World's first industrial robot comes online at GM plant in Ewing Township Granted, it’s a far cry from C-3PO and R2-D2, those endearing droids of “Star Wars,” but Unimate, the world’s first industrial robot, came online in 1961 at General Motors’ Inland Fisher Guide Plant in the West Trenton section of Ewing Township. Unimate was a programmable hydraulic arm that offloaded dangerous, difficult tasks from human employees. The 4,000-pound unit transferred door handles and other components that had just been cast from molten metal to cooling pools. It also replaced, in a harbinger of t...

Key Technologies Defining Robotics – From Static Arms to AMRs What will the series cover? In this series of six blogs, we take a look at the key technologies defining the way robots are being designed and used today, and how that may evolve in the future. It will cover developments at the hardware and software level, and how innovations such as AI are already shaping the future of robotics. Blog 1: Key Technologies Defining Robotics – From Static Arms to AMRs Blog 2: Key Technologies Defining Robotics – Mobility and Dexterity  Blog 3: Key Technologies Defining Robotics – Positioning ...