# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-frederick-engelberger
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:57:59.366Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-frederick-engelberger"
name: "Joseph Frederick Engelberger"
slug: "joseph-frederick-engelberger"
description: "Joseph Frederick Engelberger was an American physicist, engineer and entrepreneur. Often regarded as the \"Father of Robotics\". Licensing the original patent awarded to inventor George Devol, Engelberger developed the first industrial robot in the United States, the Unimate, in the 1950s. Later, he worked as entrepreneur and vocal advocate of robotic technology beyond the manufacturing plant in a variety of fields, including service industries, health care, and space exploration."
tagline: "American physicist, engineer and entrepreneur (1925–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/14._Internationales_Management-Gespr%C3%A4ch-Joseph_F._Engelberger-HSGN_028-00573.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1925-07-26"
deathDate: "2015-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.191489361702129
  historical:           13.55968533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump