/learn/publications/b/blog/posts/the-father-of-industrial-robitics-feb-20-1912---aug-11-2011George C. Devol (right) and Joseph F. Engelberger (left) served by a Unimate robotic arm (lower center) (via the estate of George C. Devol) George C. Devol (pron. de-VAHL), the creator of the groundbreaking original industrial robot, the Unimate...en-USTelligent Community 12