In 1965, George Devol (an inventor and patent holder for the Unimate) and Joseph Engelberger (a physicist, engineer, entrepreneur, and “the father of robotics”) were discussing science fiction writing. They made a commitment to one another to develop a real and functional robot and thus began to conceive of a useful and functional design. In 1961, General Motors installed the first robot in history. The robot was called Unimate and was installed as a part of the assembly line to work with heated die-casting and welding. Specifically, it took die castings from machines and preformed welding on the bodies of vehicles sent through the line. It obeyed step-by-step commands that were stored on a magnetic drum, and had a 4,000 lb arm that was versatile enough to perform a wide variety of tasks.
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