INVENTION OF INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS

GEORGE DEVOL

GEORGE DEVOL WAS THE FOUNDER OF ROBOTICS IN LATE 19 CENTURY. HE WAS A AMERICAN . WHO GOT THE RIGHTS OF PATENT.HE BORN IN THE YEAR OF 1912 AND DEAD IN HIS AGE OF 99[2011]. HE EARNED A TITLE HIMSELF AS "GRANDFATHER OF ROBOTS". AS HE RECOGNIZED BY NATIONAL INVERTER HALL OF FRAME.

                                                          DEVOL S' PATENT FOR THE FIRST DIGITALLY OPERATED PROGRAMMABLE ROBOTICS ARM REPRESENTS THE FOUNDATION OF THE MODERN ROBOTICS INDUSTRY. DURING 1940,DEVOL WAS NOT THINKING ABOUT ROBOTS.BUT, HE HAD A FOCUS ON THE MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICES.DURING THIS TIME THERE IS A INTRODUCTION OF AUTOMATION INTO FACTORIES.

HE HAD A LACK IN FINANCE SUPPORT TO DEVELOP HIS PROGRAMMABLE ARTICLES TRANSFER SYSTEM. SO HE WAS SEARCHING A COMPANY FOR HE CAN BE HELPED FINANCE.HE GOT A SUPPORT FROM HIS FAMILY .THEY ARE MAXWELL AND MOORE.JOSEPH F ENGELBERGER, AT THE TIME , WAS CHIEF OF ENGINEERING IN THE AIRCRAFT PRODUCTS DIVISION AT MANNING,MAXWELL AND MOORE IS IN STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT . JOSEPH WAS INTERESTED  A LOT.

                                                      DEVOL AGREED TO LICENSE MANNING, MAXWELL AND MOORE HIS PATENT AND SOME FUTURE PATENTS IN THE FIELD. HOWEVER,MANNING,MAXWELL AND MOORE WAS SOLD FOR THE YEAR AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVISION IS TO BE CLOSED.BECAUSE THERE IS A INVENTION OF CONSOLIDATION DESEL ELECTRONIC .

WHICH AGREE TO PUT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROBOT. LATER HE FOUND THE ULTIMATE  {ROBOT}WITH SOME VACUM TUBES AND DIGITAL SWITCH .BUT THE MODEL WAS FAIL FOR INDUSTRIAL NEEDS. SOON AFTER THEY HAD A GOOD ENGINEERS IN THE GUIDANCE OF DEVOL.

IN THE YEAR OF 1960 THEY SOLD THE FRIST ROBOT.

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