Joseph Engel Berger, in the picture, is entitled to be the father of robotics, together with George Deroe developed the first commercial robot, Unimate, in 1961. It was placed on Ford and was there used for a press-loading operation. A picture of the first generation robots from Unimate can be seen in the picture below.
The first robots were principally intended to replacing humans in monotonous, heavy and hazardous processes. Distinctive features of the use of the newly developed robots were in handling of materials and work pieces without direct control or participation in the manufacturing process. Robots did not become a major force in industry generally until they had been used extensively in the Japanese automobile industry.
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