Citation
(1998), "Oldest working US robot", Industrial Robot, Vol. 25 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.1998.04925bab.003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1998, MCB UP Limited
Oldest working US robot
Oldest working US robot
Where is the oldest known working robot in the USA? In Dayton, Ohio, at the GM Powertrain Moraine Engine Plant, where they machine and assemble 6.5L diesel engines. Four six-axis hydraulically powered Unimate 2106Gs with a reach of 79 inches, have been loading and unloading 40-50 pound cast-iron inlet and exhaust manifolds onto a machining center since the early 1980s. They are still running Unimation's VAL language on the same 2000B Series Controller with 2,048K Ram.
Hydraulic Unimate loads
manifolds at the GM Powertrain Moraine Engine Plant in Dayton, Ohio. The robot
has been running for over 15 years