The Nightmare in Silicon Valley: 8 horror technologies that should scare you to death
Every night is fright night with what can happen once these scary technologies take hold in ways that you may not have imagined.
The diversity of the machines roboticists have dreamed up over the years is truly astounding. Here are some highs and lows from a discipline that stretches back further than you might think.
It was the industrial robot that spawned them all. Unimate took die castings from machines and performed welding on auto bodies; tasks that are unpleasant for people.
The UNIMATE robots had six fully programmable axes of motion and were designed for high-speed handling of parts weighing up to 500 lbs. It made its debut on a General Motors assembly line at the Inland Fisher Guide Plant in Ewing Township, New Jersey, in 1961, ushering in a new age of industrial automation.
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