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jan 1, 1954 - George Devol, Norman Heroux, and Joe Engleberger Create the first programmable robot arm.

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Norman Heroux, George Devol and Joe Engleberger designed and marketed the first programmable robot arm - called Unimate - and sold it to General Motors in 1960. This paved the way for industrial robots to complete repetitive, difficult or dangerous tasks.

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jan 1, 1954
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