sep 4, 1951 - George Devol designed the first truly programmable robot and called it UNIMATE for "Universal Automation." (US patent 2 998 237) [4] Later, in1956, George Devol and Joseph Engelberger formed the world's first robot company “Unimation” which stands for “universal automation”.
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