In 1961, General Motors installed the first industrial robot in its Inland Fisher Guide Plant in New Jersey.  This robot was called Unimate and it was also the first modern programmable robot; it was autonomous and pre-programmed to repeatedly move pieces of hot metal in the plant. Image is an industrial robot used in metal manufacturing.  Image by KUKA Roboter GmbH, Bachmann - KUKA Roboter GmbH, Zugspitzstraße 140, D-86165 Augsburg, Germany, Dep. Marketing, Mr. Andreas Bauer, http://www.kuka-robotics.com, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3346503