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Unimate was the first industrial robot,〔 〕 which worked on a General Motors assembly line at the Inland Fisher Guide Plant in Ewing Township, New Jersey, in 1961.〔(1961: Installation of the First Industrial Robot )〕〔 〕〔Mickle, Paul. ("1961: A peep into the automated future" ), ''The Trentonian''. Accessed August 11, 2011. "Without any fanfare, the world's first working robot joined the assembly line at the General Motors plant in Ewing Township in the spring of 1961.... It was an automated die-casting mold that dropped red-hot door handles and other such car parts into pools of cooling liquid on a line that moved them along to workers for trimming and buffing. Its most distinct feature was a grip on a steel armature that eliminated the need for a man to touch car parts just made from molten steel."〕 It was created by George Devol in the 1950s using his original patent filed in 1954 and granted in 1961. The patent begins: The present invention relates to the automatic operation of machinery, particularly the handling apparatus, and to automatic control apparatus suited for such machinery.〔Rosen, Rebecca J. ("Unimate: The Story of George Devol and the First Robotic Arm" )〕 Devol, together with Joseph Engelberger, his apprentice, started the world's first robot manufacturing company, Unimation.〔(1961: The First Robot )〕 The machine undertook the job of transporting die castings from an assembly line and welding these parts on auto bodies, a dangerous task for workers, who might be poisoned by exhaust gas or lose a limb if they were not careful.〔 The original Unimate consisted of a large computer-like box, joined to another box and was connected to an arm, with systematic tasks stored in a drum memory. The Unimate also appeared on The Tonight Show hosted by Johnny Carson on which it knocked a golf ball into a cup, poured a beer, waved the orchestra conductor's baton and grasped an accordion and waved it around.〔〔(Video clip of Unimate on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson )〕 In 2003 the Unimate was inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame.〔(The Robot Hall of Fame: Unimate )〕 ==In popular culture== Fictional robots called ''Unimate'', designed by ''Alan von Neumann, Jr.'', appeared in comic books from DC Comics.〔''Booster Gold'' (vol. 2) #21 (August 2009)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Unimate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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