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Robert Adler (December 4, 1913 – February 15, 2007) was an Austrian-American inventor who held numerous patents. He worked for Zenith Electronics, retiring as the company's Vice President and Director of Research.
Adler formou-se em física pela Universidade de Viena em 1937. Depois de emigrar para os Estados Unidos, começou a trabalhar na "Zenith Electronics" em 1941, no departamento de investigação. Durante os 60 anos da sua carreira, Adler registou 180 patentes de dispositivos eletrónicos.
20 de fev. de 2007 · Robert Adler, a physicist and prolific inventor best known as the co-inventor of the television remote control device, died Feb. 15 in Boise, Idaho. He was 93. The cause was heart failure, said...
15 de fev. de 2007 · By 1963, Adler had risen to Vice President and Director of Research at Zenith; he was a technical advisor to the company until 1997. Adler also won countless prestigious awards, including the IEEE's Edison Medal (1980).
30 de dez. de 2007 · In Zenith’s first ultrasonic remotes, dubbed Space-Commanders, a button activated a tiny hammer that struck a small aluminum rod and sent an inaudible signal to the set.
Bob Adler is widely recognized in the consumer electronics field as the inventor of Zenith’s wireless “Space Command” ultrasonic remote control for TV sets, which was introduced in 1956 and revolutionized TV viewing worldwide.
Zenith’s Dr. Robert Adler suggested using “ultrasonics,” that is, high-frequency sound, beyond the range of human hearing. He was assigned to lead a team of engineers to work on the first use of ultrasonics technology in the home as a new approach for a remote control.
