Joseph Engelberger
Joseph Frederick Engelberger (born July 26, 1925 in New York City , † December 1, 2015 in Newtown , Connecticut ) was an American engineer who is considered the father of robotics .
Life
From 1942 to 1946 he served in the United States Navy and participated in Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test in Bikini Atoll . He graduated from Columbia University and earned his bachelor's degree in physics in 1946 and his master's degree in electrical engineering in 1949 . From 1946 to 1956 he worked at Manning Maxwell & Moore on control systems for nuclear power plants and jet engines, where he rose to become chief engineer in aircraft development. In 1957 he founded the Consolidated Controls Corporation .
With George Devol , he founded Unimation Inc. in Danbury (Connecticut) in 1961 , where they developed the first industrial robot Unimate .
After they had sold Unimation to Westinghouse in 1982, he founded the Transitions Research Corporation in Danbury in 1984 , which became HelpMate Robotics Inc. , and was its chairman until 1999. He last lived in Newtown, Connecticut.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Engelberger, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Engelberger, Joseph F. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st December 2015 |
| Place of death | Newtown , Connecticut |