GREENWICH, Conn. -- George C. Devol, a former Greenwich resident whose groundbreaking work in robotics paved the way for the computerized arms now used in factories around the world, has died at age ...

George C. Devol, a former Greenwich resident whose groundbreaking work in robotics paved the way for the computerized arms now used in factories around the world, has died. He was 99. George C. Devol ...

Forty-seven years ago, two men who would launch the industrial-robotics revolution met over cocktails to discuss the ideas of the science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov. Joseph F. Engelberger and George ...

WILTON -- George Devol, the 99-year-old inventor of the first industrial robot, died of a heart ailment at his Wilton home on Thursday, Aug. 11. Services for Devol were held Saturday at Zion's Hill ...

George Devol, right, and his business partner, Joseph Engleberger, are served by Unimate,the first programmable industrial robot, one of Devol's inventions. Contributed photo. Police said a ...