Robot Hall of Fame

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The Robot Hall of Fame was established in 2003 by the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. It is designed to honor both achievements in robotics technology and robots from science fiction that have served as creative inspiration in robotics. The first induction ceremony was held at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh on November 10, 2003. The Robot Hall of Fame will become a physical presence within the RoboWorld exhibit at the Carnegie Science Center. Hailed as the largest permanent robotics exhibit in the United States, Roboworld will allow guests to interact and learn about robots through different themed areas. The Hall of Fame will feature interactive exhibits currently being developed by graduate students at Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center.

List of inductees

2003

• Fictional
  • HAL 9000 - computer system from 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • R2-D2 - droid from Star Wars
• Real
  • Sojourner - the rover that explored Mars in 1997 as part of the Mars Pathfinder mission.
  • Unimate - the first industrial robot, which worked on a General Motors assembly line in 1961

2004

• Fictional
  • Astro Boy - robot from Astro Boy
  • C-3PO - droid from Star Wars
  • Robby the Robot - robot from Forbidden Planet
• Real
  • ASIMO - a humanoid robot created by Honda
  • Shakey the Robot - the first mobile robot to be able to reason its own actions

2006

• Fictional
  • Maria - robot from Metropolis.
  • Gort - robot from The Day the Earth Stood Still
  • David - android-kid from A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
• Real
  • AIBO, Sony’s cyber-dog
  • Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm (SCARA)

2007-2008^[1]

• Fictional
  • Lieutenant Commander Data, android from Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • Bender from Futurama
• Real
  • Lego Mindstorms series of robots
  • Navlab 5
  • Marc Raibert's Hopper

2009^[2]

(2010 class of inductees)^[3]

• Fictional
  • T-800 Terminator, from the 1984 movie The Terminator
  • Huey, Dewey, and Louie, from the 1972 movie Silent Running

• Real
  • Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity
  • da Vinci Surgical System
  • iRobot's Roomba

References

External links

• Robot Hall of Fame
• CNET: Science beats fiction in Robot Hall of Fame
• PC: Robot Hall of Fame Announces New Inductees

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