
(altro…)FILE: unimate_001.log
NAME: Unimate
TYPE: industrial manipulator
ORIGIN: 1954 patent (George Devol) → deployed 1961
LOCATION: General Motors, Trenton, New Jersey
FUNCTION: die-casting part transfer // hazardous task automation
TECH: hydraulic arm + magnetic gripper + punched tape control
STATUS: prototype → mass adoption blueprint
NOTE: start of robotic labor era // zero fatigue, full repetition







