Robotics & Automation · Recorded milestone
Microprocessor-driven robot arm
Recorded year1974
ASEA's IRB 6 is the first all-electric industrial robot run by a microprocessor, put to work grinding and polishing pipes in Sweden.
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.