Industrial robots were born in the United States in the late 1950s. By combing the technological innovation of American industrial robots (1959-1975) in the Start-up Period, the article finds that from the technical breakthrough in the laboratory research stage to the technical optimization in the market stage, the United States has occupied the commanding point of the robot technology, but for the industrialization of technology, government and enterprises did not take positive policy measures, leading to industrial robots in the market at a disadvantage. History as a mirror, the ultra-high-speed development of industrial robot in our country requires experience and lessons.