1951: A teleoperator-equipped articulated arm is designed by Raymond Goertz for the Atomic Energy Commission.
1954: The first programmable robot is designed by George Devol. He coins the term Universal Automation.
1956: Devol and engineer Joseph Engelberger form the world's first robot company, Unimation.
1960: The General Electric Walking Truck was a 3,000 pound, four-legged robot that could walk four miles an hour.
1961: The first industrial robot was online in a General Motors automobile factory in New Jersey.
1963: The first artificial robotic arm to be controlled by a computer was designed.
1963: After the Cuban Missle Crisis and the subsequent assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the GR-1 project begins with the intent to use robotics to defend the United States from enemies both foreign and domestic.
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