Unimation

[2][3][4] Devol collaborated with Engelberger, who served as president of the company, to engineer and produce an industrial robot under the brand name Unimate.

They also invented a variety of new technologies, including a unique rotating drum memory system with data parity controls.

[6] The first Unimate robot was installed at GM's Inland Fisher Guide Plant in Ewing Township, New Jersey in 1961[7][8] to lift hot pieces of metal from a die-casting machine and stack them.

[8] The rapid adoption of the technology also provided Unimation with a working business model: after selling the first Unimate at a $35,000 loss, as demand increased, the company was able to begin building the robotic arms for significantly less and thus began to turn a substantial profit.

Initially developed for General Motors, the PUMA was based on the earlier Vicarm design Scheinman invented while at Stanford University.