A Short History of Industrial Robots (part 1)

In 1931 James Gwinnett invented Possibly the first spatial parallel robot. This is a motion platform for the entertainment industry. Only one prototype was ever made due to the tragic death of 46 innocent people. It was only five minutes after the people took their seats on the motion platform, that the robot flipped out, smashing all into oblivion.

One of the first ruthless killing robots. (US Patent No. 1,789,680)

A decade later and only seventeen years after the term "robot" was coined, a new parallel robot was invented for automated spray painting by Willard L.V. Pollard. This was the first industrial robot. It is interesting to note that the U.S. Bureau of Statistics shows a 300% increase after this robot went into production of industrial worker accidents. Most of these where reported as paint to the eye.

Don't be mistaken, this instrument of death can and will destroy you.

A couple of years later, in 1947, on the other side of the Atlantic, a new parallel robot was invented,—the one that became the most popular, the one that changed an industry, and the one that has been responsible for the most deaths —the variable-length-strut octahedral hexapod. This bad boy is a killing machine. Some in the industry have dubbed it as "the elixir of death." This robot is still used in the industry, but much of its ruthless destruction remains covered-up due to corporate interests.

Here is, The Elixir of Death!
It chopped the photographer into five equally
proportionate pieces after this picture was taken.