Robot as Maker

One of the first functional robots appeared on TV in 1966. That’s
earlier than some of us expect. The Unimate’s televised premiere
sparked the world’s imagination. It represented a host of
possibilities. Those possibilities, however, also implied a
coming competition that would last for decades. 

Dag Spicer tells the story of the Unimate, the first industrial
robot—and how little the American public trusted it. But that
distrust wasn’t universal. Tomonori Sanada explains how the
Unimate was received very differently in Japan. Joe Campbell
describes the dangers of working alongside industrial robots. But
he’s working to change that with cobots. And Paul Shoup shares
how his company, employees, and customers are benefiting from
cobots. 


If you want to read up on some of our research on industrial
robots, you can check out all our bonus material over at
redhat.com/commandlineheroes. Follow along with the episode
transcript.