WILTON -- George Devol, the 99-year-old inventor of the first industrial robot, died of a heart ailment at his Wilton home on Thursday, Aug. 11. Services for Devol were held Saturday at Zion's Hill ...

George C. Devol, a self-taught tinkerer whose invention of the robotic arm revolutionized factories around the world, died of a heart ailment Aug. 11 at his home in Wilton, Conn. He was 99.

George C. Devol, a former Greenwich resident whose groundbreaking work in robotics paved the way for the computerized arms now used in factories around the world, has died. He was 99. George C. Devol ...

George Devol, right, and his business partner, Joseph Engleberger, are served by Unimate,the first programmable industrial robot, one of Devol's inventions. Contributed photo. Police said a ...