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to the door opening or is out of alignment, the assembly line worker... [DOC] [TLE] History of the Assembly Line, DBusiness, Detroit, MI, Henry Ford [PAR] Feb 7, 2013 ... 1961: General Motors installs the first robotic arm, invented by George Devol, for 
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line. .... The automotive industry used more robots than any other... [DOC] [TLE] Honda - Wikipedia [PAR] Honda Motor Co., Ltd is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate 
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Question: In 1961 the world's first production-line robot was used by this U.S. automaker
Answer: General Motors