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Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly

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The PUMA (Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly, or Programmable Universal Manipulation Arm) was robot-arm system developed by Vic Schienman at MIT for General Motors. Unimation produced PUMAs for years until being purchased by Westinghouse, and later Staubli.