George Devol
（重定向自Unimation）
![Phantom Doorman automatic door](/Images/godic/202502/18/Phantom_Doorman2011.jpg")
![Orthoplane Lighting](/Images/godic/202502/18/Orthoplane_Lighting2012.jpg")
![The first static magnetic recorder that used a saw blade to record information](/Images/godic/202502/18/First_DC_Magnetic_Recorder2012.jpg")
![U.S. Patent 2,988,237, issued in 1961 to Devol.](/Images/godic/202502/18/Original_Robot_Patent2012.jpg")
George Charles Devol, Jr. (February 20, 1912 – August 11, 2011) was an American inventor who was awarded the patent for Unimate, the first industrial robot. Devol's patent for the first digitally operated programmable robotic arm represented the foundation of the modern robotics industry.