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Joseph F. Engelberger was born in in New York City. He obtained his education at Columbia University, earning his bachelor's and master's degrees in and , respectively. From to , he worked at Manning, Maxwell and Moore, a company involved in aviation instruments, starting as an engineer and later becoming the chief engineer. In , Engelberger started his own business by founding Consolidated Controls.

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However, he continued to work as a consultant at Manning, Maxwell and Moore. During the s, Engelberger also obtained four patents for his inventions. In the early s, Engelberger began collaborating with self-taught inventor George Devol. Devol was the first person to receive a patent for a robot in the United States and the author of the idea of a manipulator robot.

Together, Devol and Engelberger founded Unimation in , the first company dedicated to manufacturing industrial robots. Engelberger took on the role of a manager, handling business operations, attracting investors, conducting advertising campaigns, and popularizing their manipulator robots. He was a strong advocate for the future of robotics.

This appearance led to his nickname, "the father of robotics. The company continued to flourish in the s until it was sold to Westinghouse in In , Engelberger published his renowned book "Robotics in Practice. While Devol focused on industrial robots, Engelberger turned his attention towards service robots.