Milestone · curated entry
Unimate joins the General Motors line
Unimate
- Date
- 1961
- Category
- Milestone
- Organization / Model
- Unimation
- Evidence
- 2 sources · 2 evidence families
Unimation's arm handled die-cast parts and welding at a GM plant, the first industrial robot in large-scale commercial use. It joined programmed control and manipulators to manufacturing and opened a main line of industrial automation.
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AI 纪年. Unimate 进入通用汽车产线，工业机器人开始商用[EB/OL]. (1961)[2026-11-03]. https://aihist.net/e/unimate-1961.html.
APA 7 · American Psychological Association
AI 纪年. (1961). Unimate 进入通用汽车产线，工业机器人开始商用 [Web page]. https://aihist.net/e/unimate-1961.html
MLA 9 · Modern Language Association
"Unimate 进入通用汽车产线，工业机器人开始商用." AI 纪年, 1961, aihist.net/e/unimate-1961.html. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.
Chicago 17 · notes-bibliography
AI 纪年. "Unimate 进入通用汽车产线，工业机器人开始商用." Published 1961. Accessed Nov. 3, 2026. https://aihist.net/e/unimate-1961.html.
IEEE · citation-reference list
"Unimate 进入通用汽车产线，工业机器人开始商用," AI 纪年, 1961. [Online]. Available: https://aihist.net/e/unimate-1961.html. [Accessed: 3 Nov. 2026].
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AI 纪年. 1961. Unimate 进入通用汽车产线，工业机器人开始商用. Retrieved November 3, 2026 from https://aihist.net/e/unimate-1961.html.
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