THE SILVER ARM

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In 1961, Devol and Engelberger launched Unimation, Inc. — a company focused on the creation of industrial robots. The Unimate 1900, the same simple arm employed in the GM diecasting factory, became the company's flagship. Louise Patricia Crane set to release Deep Blue". houseofprog. 4 March 2020 . Retrieved 6 June 2020. Nuada's name is cognate with that of Nodens, a British deity associated with the sea and healing who was equated with the Roman Mars, and with Nudd, a Welsh mythological figure. It is likely that another Welsh figure, Lludd Llaw Eraint (Lludd of the Silver Hand), derives from Nudd Llaw Eraint by alliterative assimilation. [17] The Norse god Týr is another deity equated with Mars who lost a hand. [18] Sabazios is another Indo-European deity associated with a sacred hand. His audience was 700 strong, and after a two-hour Q&A, he became convinced Japan was the next profitable market for Unimation. In 1967, Unimation partnered with Kawasaki Aircraft and Kawasaki Heavy Industries to market and produce their robots in Japan. These two Japanese companies are the ancestors of Japan's Kawasaki Robotics, which still exists today. 1968 — Marvin Minsky's Tentacle Arm

a b c Matasović, Ranko (2009). Etymological dictionary of proto-Celtic. Leiden: Brill. p.352. ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1. OCLC 262430534. In 1973, Germany joined the robotic arms race. Its company, called Kuka, developed the first industrial robotic arm driven by six electromagnetic axels. Dubbed "Famulus," this robotic arm was the first of its kind, moving the industry away from the traditional hydraulically operated arms. 1974 — A Boom in the Robotic Arm Industry Also, Stanford University mechanical engineering student Victor Scheinman created a similar arm, known as the Stanford Arm, which a company called Vicarm, Inc. marketed. In this same year, FANUC — Factory Automation Numerical Control — developed and installed robotic arms for assembly in their factory in Japan. 1977 — Introductions and European Versatility THE SILVER ARM, published in 1981 is the second of two volumes, which tell the story of the Tuatha Dé Danann, a race of god like warriors who invaded Ireland about 3,500 years ago leaving an impression still felt to this day. These stories are based on the Early Mythological Cycle of Irish stories. The new alliance between Unimation and Vicarm proved fruitful. In 1978, they created the PUMA — Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly. This assembly robot is still in use in many research labs to this day. In 1979, Nachi also developed a motor-driving arm explicitly designed for spot-welding. 1980s — Industry GrowthA robot must protect its existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws. also saw the introduction of pneumatic robotic arms— ones that use compressed air instead of electricity or hydraulic fluid.

By 1961, General Motors employed roughly 450 of these robotic arms in their diecasting plant in Trenton, N.J. 1961 — Unimation, Inc. and the Tonight Show Characters who share the name Nuada include the later High Kings Nuadu Finn Fáil and Nuadu Necht, and Nuada, the maternal grandfather of Fionn mac Cumhaill. A rival to Conn of the Hundred Battles was Mug Nuadat ("Nuada's Slave"). The Delbhna, a people of early Ireland, had a branch called the Delbhna Nuadat who lived in County Roscommon. The present day town of Maynooth in County Kildare is named after Nuada (its Irish name is Maigh Nuad, meaning The plain of Nuada). also proved to be the last year Unimation had a monopoly over the robotics market. Nachi Robotics launched an industrial robotics program in 1969 in Tokyo. 1973 — KUKA and Six-Axel Robotic Arms Middle Irish Núada/Núadu means hero or champion, which is "probably a euhemerized name for the deity." [2] According to Ranko Matasovic, the etymology of the name is likely from Proto-Celtic *snowdo- meaning "mist" or "haze," (related to Latin and Avestan "cloud") but the formation is "pure conjecture" that relies on the Welsh form. [2] Alternatively, the name Nuada may derive from a Celtic stem * noudont- or *noudent-, which J. R. R. Tolkien suggested was related to a Germanic root meaning "acquire, have the use of", earlier "to catch, entrap (as a hunter)". Making the connection with Nuada and Lludd's hand, he detected "an echo of the ancient fame of the magic hand of Nodens the Catcher". [3] Similarly, Julius Pokorny derives the name from a Proto-Indo-European root *neu-d- meaning "acquire, utilise, go fishing". [4] Matasovic says that the formation from Proto-Celtic *nawito- meaning "need, compel" is quite difficult. [2] Description [ edit ] brought about the introduction of the first direct-drive arm — a robotic arm with motors installed directly into each of its joints. It was the most accurate robotic arm of its time.

I am in this green Ireland of your ancestors. When they found out, the television station came to ask me about the Lynch genealogy, but in case they were horse thieves or something like that, I didn't say much." Nuada's great sword was one of the Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann, brought from one of their four great cities. [9] In The Fate of the Children of Tuireann Nuada is described as having a one-eyed door-keeper, whose eye is replaced by the brother healers Miach and Oirmiach with that of a cat. [10] Relationships [ edit ]

The Second Battle of Mag Tuired pp. 35–43, 61 (Gray translation); Annals of the Four Masters M3311-3330; Geoffrey Keating, History of Ireland 1.21 The Cattle-Raid of Fraech". www.maryjones.us. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013 . Retrieved 13 April 2018.

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In 1985, OTC Daihen began supplying robots to the Miller Electronics company, and ASEA and BBC Brown Boveri Ltd. merged into a single company with each member holding half of the company's assets. Nachi established a branch in the United States, and Yaskawa Robotics introduced a new control computer that was capable of controlling up to 12 axes at a time. 1990s — Intelligent Robots The Pre-Patrician section of the Annals of Inisfallen have an incomplete entry on Nuada. There, in an entry on the division of Ireland between the sons of Érimón it says, "Every family [...] subsequently in Ireland is of the race of Nuada on account of his maintenance by his kinsmen and on account of his patience." [16] Mythological parallels [ edit ] https://celt.ucc.ie//published/T100004P/text007.html Annals of Inisfallen "Pre-Patrician section," entry 68.2 Edwards, Elaine; McGreevy, Ronan. "First print of controversial Che Guevara stamp sells out". The Irish Times . Retrieved 21 July 2019. Robotic arms also saw the first applications in prosthetics in this decade. In 1993, a Scottish man named Campbell Aird received the first cybernetic robotic arm after he lost his arm to muscular cancer in 1982. Aird could manipulate this arm by flexing the muscles in his shoulder. 2000s — Innovation Into the Modern Day