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One of the first functional robots appeared on TV in 1966. That\u2019s earlier than some of us expect. The Unimate\u2019s televised premiere sparked the world\u2019s imagination. It represented a host of possibilities. Those possibilities, however, also implied a coming competition that would last for decades. \n\nDag Spicer tells the story of the Unimate, the first industrial robot\u2014and how little the American public trusted it. But that distrust wasn\u2019t universal. Tomonori Sanada explains how the Unimate was received very differently in Japan. Joe Campbell describes the dangers of working alongside industrial robots. But he\u2019s working to change that with cobots. And Paul Shoup shares how his company, employees, and customers are benefiting from cobots.