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George Charles Devol Jr. (February 20, 1912 – August 11, 2011) was an American inventor, best known for creating Unimate, the first industrial robot. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The National Inventors Hall of Fame says, "Devol's patent for the first digitally operated programmable robotic arm represents the foundation of the modern robotics industry."
William "Canada Bill" Jones (c. 1837 – 1877) was an English-born confidence artist, riverboat gambler and card sharp in Canada and the United States. He has been described by historians, news reporters and others who have written about his life since the late 19th century with such superlatives as "the greatest of confidence men" [1] and "without doubt the greatest three-card-monte sharp ...
The exact moment Pinchback decided to enter politics is described by George Devol in his book Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi. [8] In 1867, Pinchback organized the Fourth Ward Republican Club in New Orleans soon after Congress passed the Reconstruction Acts. That year, he was elected as a delegate to the constitutional convention.
New Albany's Mansion Row features a plethora of homes, including this Queen Anne Victorian with a brick-red, mustard yellow, and forest green exterior
Joseph Frederick Engelberger (July 26, 1925 – December 1, 2015) was an American physicist, engineer and entrepreneur. Licensing the original patent awarded to inventor George Devol, Engelberger developed the first industrial robot in the United States, the Unimate, in the 1950s.
George Ashley Campbell: 1870 Loading coil [438] 2011 George Devol: 1912 Industrial robot [439] 2011 Hannibal Goodwin: 1822 Transparent flexible nitrocellulose [440] 2011 Henry F. Phillips: 1890 Phillips screw [441] 2011 Henry M. Leland: 1843 Interchangeable parts for automobiles [442] 2011 James Ritty: 1836 Cash register [443] 2011 John Hays ...
Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U ...
Antonio Banderas is throwing it back to the '60s.. The Babygirl star shared a photo from his school days as a child to Instagram on Thursday, Jan. 16, when he attended the El Divino Pastor School ...