The 20th Century |
The 21st century |
Jan. , 1901 The Patent
Ransom Olds uses the assembly line in his Olds Auto Factory. He also patents the concept of the assembly line.
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1954 The Robotic Age is Born
Unimation, a company working in robotics is created. It was founded Joseph F. Engelberger, and later George Devol Was appointed Co-Head of the company. |
1901 The Curved DashRansom Olds produces his Curved Dash at a rate of 20 cars a day, unheard of at his time. He used a progressive assembly, which used a horizontal plane that was easy to move around on wheels and sped up the car-making process exponentially.
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1961 George Devol’s RobotGeorge Devol created the “Programmed Article Transfer”.
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1902 Power of the lineOlds proves the assembly line’s efficiency by quadrupling the output of vehicles in his factory. He moved from 425 in 1901 to 2,500 to in 1902.
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1961 The Installation
General Motors installs first robotic arm to use on assembly lines. This was installed in Trenton, New Jersey. The arm weighed 4,000 pounds and cost $25,000. |
Oct. 7, 1913 Henry Ford
Henry Ford makes production of his cars easier with the creation of his first assembly line. The assembly line involved the chassis of the car attached to a tow rope that took the chassis around a room where different workers would assemble the same part on each car.
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JAN. 1, 1969 The Stanford ArmVictor Scheinman created the Scheiman arm, a robotic 6-axis arm. It was the first robotic arm that could move things and assemble things in continues patterns repeatedly. The arm's design becomes a standard and is still influencing the design of robot arms today.
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1914 Double Wage day
Henry Ford doubled the assembly line worker’s wages from $2.50 to $5.00, and reduced the work day from nine hours to eight hours. This spurred tons of workers to join the assembly profession and allowed more and more cars to be made at cheaper prices.
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1974 Silver armVictor Scheinman forms his own company and started marketing the Silver Arm. It is capable of assembling small parts together using feedback from touch and pressure sensors.
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Jan. , 1924 The Peak
This was the peak in the Model T’s production. Utilizing the assembly line, 1.8 million cars were produced in one year.
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JAN. 1980 The Dawning
At this point Japanese and Italian companies use robotic assembly lines to manufacture cars. This sparked a surge in worldwide robotics usage |
May 26, 1927 G.M.
General Motors, also using the assembly line, and introducing the idea of paying cars on credit, took over the business that Ford had started, overshadowing Ford and leaving 75% of Americans buying cars on credit.
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1980 The Money
Automotive companies showered robotic companies with investments. Which allowed them to make more robots and caused more companies to buy robots. |