Research any topic before you write.

Find related topics. | Discover entities. | See connections. | Build a topical map.

George Devol

George Charles Devol Jr. (February 20, 1912 – August 11, 2011) was an American inventor, best known for creating Unimate, the first industrial robot. The National Inventors Hall of Fame says, "Devol's patent for the first digitally operated programmable robotic arm represents the foundation of the modern robotics industry."

Works & Companies

Use the mouse wheel or two fingers (on touchscreens) to zoom in and out of the map.

Research this topic

Explore the main themes, entities and connections around George Devol. Start with the topic map, then use the sections below for research and deeper semantic analysis.

Explore this topic

Start with a few of the strongest sections from the source topic. These are research directions, not a list of keywords you must use.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Born
(1912-02-20)February 20, 1912 Louisville, Kentucky
Died
August 11, 2011(2011-08-11) (aged 99) Wilton, Connecticut
Occupations
Inventor, entrepreneur
Spouse
Evelyn Jahelka

Topics to explore

Browse the full topic structure. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Early life

United Cinephone

World War II

The first industrial robot: Unimate

Additional work

Death

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

Map overview Semantic statistics

George Devol

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples18
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

How this topic connects Entity context

See the strongest relationship patterns around the current topic before diving into the raw triples.

George Devol

Top relations

related to Early life · 4
George Devol → He, Kentucky, Louisville, Riordan Prep
related to External links · 3
George Devol → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Born · 1
George Devol → (1912-02-20)February 20, 1912 Louisville, Kentucky
Died · 1
George Devol → August 11, 2011(2011-08-11) (aged 99) Wilton, Connecticut
Occupations · 1
George Devol → Inventor, entrepreneur
Spouse · 1
George Devol → Evelyn Jahelka

Important terminology Word statistics

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

devol first unimate robot patent connecticut george unimation recording general devol's magnetic digital machine united industrial wilton inventor radar electronics

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
George DevolBorn(1912-02-20)February 20, 1912 Louisville, Kentucky1.00infobox
George DevolDiedAugust 11, 2011(2011-08-11) (aged 99) Wilton, Connecticut1.00infobox
George DevolOccupationsInventor, entrepreneur1.00infobox
George DevolSpouseEvelyn Jahelka1.00infobox
Grand Central Terminal.In the early 1950sinstance ofwhich automatically cooked and dispensed hotdogs in places0.80text
Devol licensed his digital magnetic recording device to Remington Rand of Norwalkinstance ofwhich automatically cooked and dispensed hotdogs in places0.80text
Connecticutinstance ofwhich automatically cooked and dispensed hotdogs in places0.80text
and became manager of their magnetics departmentinstance ofwhich automatically cooked and dispensed hotdogs in places0.80text
Chryslerinstance ofSoon companies0.80text
Fordinstance ofSoon companies0.80text
and Fiat saw the necessity for large Unimate purchases.The company spent aboutinstance ofSoon companies0.80text
George Devolrelated to Early lifeLouisville0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

These clusters group vocabulary that occurs around closely connected concepts in the source material.

    Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

    Bridges can reveal useful research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list of related terms.

    Min side: 3
    For writers, content strategists, SEOs, marketers and creators — from quick topic research to advanced semantic analysis.