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EMI Robotug

2013-07-18

| 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Ground transportation, Industry, Mobile robots, Programmable, Self-propelled systems

Robotug is a mobile automatic transport truck (TT), created by British multinational company EMI. This device is able to carry a cargo directly or a set of the trolleys.[1] Robotug transport truck with the automatic course stabilization: 1 – brake coil; 2 – transistorized device of control; 3 – handle braking; 4 – drive; 5…

Unimate Industrial robot

2013-05-17

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| 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Automatic, Industry, Manipulation robots, Programmable

Unimate was the first patented industrial robot, which worked on a General Motors assembly line at the Inland Fisher Guide Plant in Ewing Township, New Jersey, in 1961. It was created by George Devol in the 1950s using his original patent filed in 1954 and granted in 1961. George Devol, together with Joseph Engelberger, started…