Successful Prediction

A successful prediction pertaining to robots is the 1956 prediction of George Devil and Joseph Engelberger. Devil predicted that industrial robots would “help the factory operator in a way that can be compared to business machines as an aid to the office worker”. (reference)

Listen to the entire gabcast on this successful prediction Successful Robotic Prediction #1


Successful Robotic Prediction #1

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Joseph Engelberger is referred to as the ‘father of robots’ building early robots with his and Devil’s company Unimation Inc. Their robot Unimate was the first industrial robot at General Motors (Engelberger).

Other gabcast references include a Brian Huse article of ‘How Robots Will Affect Future Generations’

The Asimo reference can be found here. **In the gabcast I said Asimo was built by Toyota...it is actually built by Honda**

Hope you enjoyed the gabcast!!

~Michelle