1956 – “PLANOBOT” Pick-and-Place Industrial Robot – Joe B. Brown (Planet Corp.)
Source: Popular Mechanics, Dec 1957. Although I've seen dates suggesting the Planobot was around since 1955, The first dates I've seen in publications start in 1956. The patent itself was filed 13 Mar 1957. "Planobot is for automationeers. It's a transfer device (Planet Corp., 1820 Sunset St., Lansing, Mich.) with five basic motions: Grasping …
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