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  Joseph Engelberger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Along with George Devol, Engelberger developed the first industrial robot in the United States, the Unimate, in the 1950s.
Later he worked as entrepreneur and vocal advocate of robotic technology beyond the manufacturing plant in a variety of fields, including service industries, health care, and space exploration.
Two years earlier, his partner, Devol had already secured the patents for the robot technology in the company's Unimate robot.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joseph_F._Engelberger   (471 words)

  
 Hertzogiana, Lots 601–700
Reese, Six Score 20: "Dobie called it the best book on ranching from a woman's point of view; I would expand that to almost any point of view." During the late nineteenth century Agnes and her brother took over management of the family ranch in New Mexico when their stepfather deserted them.
COE, George W. Frontier Fighter: The Autobiography of George W. Coe Who Fought and Rode with Billy the Kid.
DEVOL, George H. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi.
www.dsloan.com /catalogues/Hertzog/H-Lot601.htm   (2299 words)

  
 Robot History
Emergence of the computer: George Devol patents a general purpose playback device for controlling machines, using magnetic recording; J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly build the ENIAC at the University of Pennsylvania - the first electronic computer; At MIT, Whirlwind, the first digital general purpose computer, solves its first problem.
This is generally regarded as the major milestone in force feedback technology.
George Devol designs the first programmable robot and coins the term Universal Automation, planting the seed for the name of his future company - Unimation.
www.trueforce.com /Articles/Robot_History.htm   (767 words)

  
 Magic Directory: Ricky Jay
Between times, he began studying and writing about the history of conjuring.
He loves to discuss old masters with odd sounding names like Johann Nepomuk Hofzinger, Nate Leipzig, Max Malini, and Dai Vernon or George Devol, a 19th century riverboat gambler.
He has ammassed a library of 4,000 to 5,000 books.
www.magicdirectory.com /jay   (616 words)

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