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Robot Hall of Fame
Smaz writes "Apparently Carnegie Mellon has set up a Hall of Fame for robots and their inventors. Wonder if it'll have the pull of a RnR Hall of Fame or Baseball Hall of Fame? I'd visit." Any nominees?
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I designed a MindStorm robot, can I be in the hall of fame too?
For the appropriate era, the Hero 2000 deserves a place of honor.
Robots have many useful purposes like manufacturing and deep sea exploration, but this non-trivial, non-toy robot was designed to inspire. It was an enormously complicated kit that our high school electronics class put together, that made all those stupid-seeming lessons on how to bias a transistor, and the million obscure uses of op-amps worthwhile. It illustrated for us, why you took the time to make good solder joints, and what these funny logic gates could actually be made to do. Go Heathkit!
I need one of those insurance policies that protects against robot attacks. Anyone seen that on SNL?
I nominate the robot from Lost in Space.
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I nominate GORT!!
Producer: NEXT!!
Ralph Wiggum: Chicken necks
Or can they be from the fiction world?
"I'm just here to regulate funkiness."
The Turk was a "chess playing automaton" back in the mid 1800's. It was a statue of a Turkish guy with a turban and appropriate costume sitting behind a chess board. The opponent would sit on the other side and play against it.
It wasn't a real robot as a midget chess master was carefully concealed inside. They used mirrors and junk to conceal him so if people opened it up and looked, it looked like just gears and machinery in there. I believe the concealed midget used magnets were used to move the pieces.
But it was one of the first times the IDEA of a robot was ever expressed. I think if there is going to be a robot hall of fame this belongs in it for sure.
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Someday I'm going to create a hall of fame for distigishable performances of The Robot in break dance.
Would the hall of fame also include non-existant popular robots which have added so much to the subject - like R2D2, R.Daneel (Asimov) etc.. ?
Al Gore. He's so lifelike he's fooled millions of people. Think about it: He took the initiative in creating the Internet, ran for president, even joined the Apple board. Not only that, he reproduced, bearing 2 lovely children with a known censorship advocate. Take that humans!
I nominate Brigette Helm, her character "Maria," and her creator Rotwang. Oh, I guess we should acknowledge Fritz Lang as well, huh?
"Metropolis" is Eternal.
that finally managed to shut that annoying kid robot up in AI
Bender! Although they would never vote him in.
"I'll go make my own Robot Hall of Fame. With Blackjack! And Hookers! In fact, forget the Hall of Fame!"
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This time, I'd vote for Al Gore and actually feel good about it.
I nominate Bender!! I don't know who created him though. Maybe Matt Groening?
The Stacy model from RealDoll. Granted they aren't really robots, but their so damn fuckable!
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I nominate Gaak, who bravely liberated himself into the parking lot.
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I'd nominate the NES Robot. That thing drove me to the point of insanity for hours on end during my precious formative years. Pick up, lift, move, no, don't drop it yet, D'OH!
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I nominate the Mars Rover! Ok, it was technically a "remote operated vehicle" and not an autonomous robot, but I don't care. It was still the coolest thing I've seen in ages.
If they want Hollywood ones, the list is long..
Gort (from "The Day the Earth Stood Still")
Johnny Five (from "Short Circuit")
Half the cast of "The Black Hole"
Any of the Star Wars ones...
Plus the evil one from "Saturn V",
Logan's Run,
Buck Rogers,
Battlestar Galactica
and so on...
The public will recognize those.. I doubt there are many (if any?) non-fictitious robots that the general public could name or recognize.
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I couldn't tell (even by reading the link) if this for nominating real robots and their inventors or hollywood robots. It just says real or fictional.
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Other fictional robots are Robbie from Forbidden planet and the spiders from Minority Report.
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Since inventors are included, I nominate Issac Asimov for his Three Laws of Robotics. Dr. Asimov is as responsible for robots as Jules Verne is for the nuclear submarine and Robert Heinlein is for the waldo.
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I nominate R2-D2 for the hall of fame.
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I vote for the Zoltar machine in the movie "BIG". He could grant wishes and stuff.....
I nominate the Fruit Fscker 2000!
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Absolutely hilarious... I need one for our next drinking party.
I can't even hear the word "Robot" without thinking of that skit. Went something like the "It's Patrick!" commercial, which needed no parodying: Two old ladies on front porch (or similar rustic locale): There sure are alot of Robots out there these days... They have claws that pinch and (lasers?)... I'm glad I have (insert insurance compny X) Robot Insurance...
I went to battle MC Escher but drew a blank
Waiting to see the Blow-up doll hall of fame. People are even stealing blow up dolls-
:)
From that article- long black sideburns and a black leather coat.
Hey that sounds like Elvis stole the blow up dolls
Yes battlebots aren't really robots more than they are just remote control cars with some lame weapon slapped on the front end, but, clearly Hazard was and is the best BattleBot in the history of the sport.
You may argue Nightmare or Toro but lets be honest, Hazard was in a league of its own. Sure it was of a basic lame wedge spinner design but that thing could take down a 2 tonne buffalo if it had to.
I vote Hazard to be in the robot hall of fame!!
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As mecha-streisand in SP.
"Look over here, YatNag-36997! This is your great-great-great-grandbot, AIBO."
"But.. it looks like a.. dog!""Well, yes.. it was a dog.."
"But.. but..You were 80% angel, 10% demon. The rest was hard to explain. - Over The Rhine
"Math in a song is good."-Linford
Any tv screens that they use (for displays or footage or whatnot) ought to have the silhouettes of Tom Servo and Crow on them...
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... but he muttered something about how he was too depressed to accept the award and *whissh whisssh*'ed away.
"Derp de derp."
In July 1981 a Japanese worker at Kawasaki Heavy Industries was stabbed to death when the arm of an industrial robot he was attempting to repair pinned him against a gear-processing machine when he accidentally brushed against the "on" switch. Sorry I don't know the make and model
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Look for the nanotech robots to save the day!
If brevity is the soul of wit, then how does one explain Twitter?
Would these things fit in under the "Entertainment" category? I'd have to nominate the Chiabot just for style alone.
Very disappointing that the paranoid android with a brain the size of a small planet has not gottena vote yet from the Douglas Adams fans
First permanently depressed robbot ever
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What truth?
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I nominate Bender
His acceptance speech?
Bite My Shiny Ass!
The title of the press release is wrong. It is referencing the first RoboCup American Open which is happening this weekend.
You have already missed Neal Stephenson, but not the ASIMO demonstrations tomorrow.
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Any of the BombBots that are used to recover harmful shiney object before they go boom should be in there.
Karel Capek (1890-1938), a Czech playwright, novelist, and essayist. He was the author of the play RUR (1921) which contains the first known public usage of the word 'robot' in the modern context.
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i second the nomination
Anyone remember ROB, the robotic operating buddy for the original Nintendo? There was a whopping two games that supported the little pile of plastic, but he's unique enough to mention.
Is that a robotic rabbit?
Could not see the list but is the HERO 1 listed? I've got one complete with all the options, but he doesn't work right now© What about the Yul Brynner robot from Westworld?
-- After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Created by Harold Cohen, AARON was the first robot programmed to follow certain artistic heuristics in creating unique drawings.
It was a permanent exhibit in the Robots Gallery at The Computer Museum in Boston before most of the Permanent Collection for the TCM went to California and the rest was acquired by the Museum of Science in 1999.
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I nominate Roomba. It's arguably the first cheap and practical consumer robot, and it's definitely the first non-toy robot I've ever owned.
I vote for the autonomous dildo bot
Nuff said.
The fembots from Austin Powers. Robokillers have never been so easy on the eyes. :)
"I'm a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar."
-Hoban Washburn
The replicators from Stargate SG1. Interesting concept.
Hector from "Saturn 3".
Robot from "Lost in space". Danger Danger Will Robinson. (got to love that one)
Dude...The Transformers...DUH!!!! :)
'nuff said.
Also, a nod to Mike Nelson, who maintained them when Dr. Forrester shot him up to the SOL.
Crow T. Robot from MST3K.
"Life is like a crap sandwich. The more bread ya got, the less crap ya gotta take." - Crow T. Robot
From dictionary.com
Robot:
1) A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human and is capable of performing a variety of often complex human tasks on command or by being programmed in advance.
2) A machine or device that operates automatically or by remote control.
3) A person who works mechanically without original thought, especially one who responds automatically to the commands of others
So which definition of robot makes it into the hall of fame?
By definition 1, many commonplace things qualify, like my PC with printer. It performs the complex task of doing my taxes.
By definition 2, even more things qualify. My toaster automatically makes toast.
By definition 3, this would be full of slashdot editors. Hardly worthy of such an honor, IMO.
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Is a robot hall of fame really necessary? What's next, a hall of fame for hall's of fame? I'd definitely put the baseball hall of fame in that hall of fame. I don't think the robots would make it, though.
Yea but they banned Battle Bots champion BioHazard for betting on baseball.
Let us see here, CMU has a robotics department that thus far has produced a mini-van that can drive itself around, a winning Robocup team, and a sun-synchronous navigation. Oh, and they are competing in the Grand Challenge with the Red Team.
To me, that is like the Detroit Red Wings launching a hockey hall of fame.
Nominations should include a short paragraph justifying the case and can include videotapes and other material. They should be sent to James Morris at Carnegie Mellon -- James.morris@cmu.edu. The jury will select the inductees by October 1, 2003, and announce the results at a suitable ceremony by November 30 of this year.
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Carnegie Mellon University has established "The Robot Hall of Fame(TM)" to honor noteworthy robots, both real and fictional, along with their creators.
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I nominate my friend Jenn... she's like a robot in bed, very mechanical.
I don't trust the shover robot. The pusher robot is superior to the shover robot. The pusher robot will protect us. Pushing is the answer.
How well does it work? Does it give you complete coverage? How loud is it?
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DUBYA - Except he's not very lifelike and
has an overriding tendancy to harm humans.
Kryten
It's not that loud - quieter than regular vac's. It works very well on wood floor and low pile carpet. Here's some related /. stories on it..
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Robbie the Robot (Forbidden Planet, etc)
The Robot from "Lost In Space" (B9) (Danger, Danger Will Robinson!)
Marvin the depressed robot (Hitchhiker's Guide)
Bender the sarcastic oil-a-holic (Futurama)
The Daleks (at least I *think* they were robots)
Gort! "Klaatu barada nikto!" (The Day The Earth Stood Still)
C-3PO
R2D2
Rossum's Univeral Robots (the first ever)
Data (Star Trek)
Hmmm... I'm sure I'm leaving some out...
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SyBorg, the gleaming model XQJ-37 nuclear-powered Pan-sexual Roto-Plooker from Zappa's Joe's Garage
Sy Borg
Gimme dat, gimme dat
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Gimme dat, give me the chromium leg.
I beg
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Gimme dat, give me the chromium leg.
Little wires, pliers, tires
They turn me on
For those in the Pittsbrugh area, this weekend is the the first RoboCup American Open on the campus of CMU. It's offical website is americanopen03.org. I first heard about these robot soccer tournaments from Alan Alda's Sientific American Frontiers PBS show. I hope to catch tomorrow's events and matches. I'll be wearing a blue UNC ball cap and taking pictures if you'd like to say "hello".
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The entire front exhibit of the MIT museum. For anyone in Boston who has been to the museum, they know that there are some amazing walking robots (check out the PBS shows where they do flips and things) and that robot that looks like a giant Furby face which mimics emotions based on audio and visual input.
Also, there's the robot that went to the psych meeting and hit that guy in the ankle and didn't even apologize, but delivered his own seminar on how he was created and took a quick Q and A afterwards.
Third, I nominate the Terminator. That's just one mad motivated machine...and it's back!
Mordor...a magical, mythical land where women are more rare than dragons--but where every man would rather find a dragon
Sorry, that's Isaac Asimov.
John Sauter (J_Sauter@Empire.Net)
Bite my shiny METAL ass.
Failing them, Bender, easily. "Hey baby, wanna kill all humans?"
You must think in Russian.
I nominate my two-wheel balancing robot, nBot which thanks to /. has recently become
World Famous (especially in
Sweden!)
They have live demonstrations of Asimo, Honda's walking humanoid robot. The presentation is intended for kids, but the robot is pretty fucken cool. If you're there, don't miss it!
My vote is for Doctor Robotnic!
How about that really cool robot from the television , "Small Wonder"! I still don't know why they don't make more robots like her.
He was the best Transformer!
Asimov is also credited with inventing the word "robotics". At least he complained that 20 or 30 years later (he started writing his robot stories in the early 1940s) that when the word came into use by real scientists that no one gave him a byline...
Robit? What's a robit?
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Speaking of robots and CMU, if you're anywhere near Pittsburgh I highly recommend coming down to campus to see them for yourself. The Robot Soccer competition is open to the public, today through Sunday. Details here
How about the robot elders from planet Capek?
Anyway, my vote goes to Johnny 5, from Short Circuit... he was after all a robot controlled by remote.
I work 2 blocks from the Rock n Roll hall of fame here in cleveland and when I read the comment from the author of this story wondering if it'll have the PULL of the RNR hall of fame I nearly fell out of my chair laughing. I can see that place right now and there is NOBODY THERE! It's one of the biggest mistakes that Cleveland ever sunk any money into! So... to have the pull of the RNR HoF would be the death of the Robot Hall of Fame. People don't come to it. Hell all the induction cerimonies are done in NYC! The rock stars won't come here cuz there's nothing to do here! Litterly this city closes at 6pm! The RNR Hall of Shame is just a giant tax exempt eye sore! The city would have done much better if they had put a little bit more money into the Great Lakes Science center next door!
Now Pittsburgh... I'm gearing up for a road trip to Ikea so why not add this to my stop! Sounds fun!
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How about Robbie the Robot of "Forbidden Planet" fame.
I work at the Brooklyn Museum, where we had a show maybe a year ago about Robots and Space Toys, from the collection of Robert Lesser (we're having a show of stuff from his collection of pulp novels in a month or so, too). My favorite was Cragstan's Mr. Atomic. Totally cool. And then I have a huge poster from the show, of Giant Sonic Robot, on my wall. He's pretty damn cool, too.
FYI, Dr. A was credited with coining 3 words: "psychohistory" in Foundation, "robotics" and "positronic" in I, Robot.
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I wonder if they have that beverage-delivering robot who appeared on some episodes of Mr. Wizard? Anyone remember that little thing?
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Uhh, didn't Da Vinci invent the nuclear sub?
The Cornell '99 Robocup raised the bar for Robocup by proving a system-wide approach, rather than a purely AI approach was the best way to approach the competition. In addition, the team introduced several innovations that are now common and regularly used in Robocup: Omnidirectional robots (It was previously thought that omni could not be made that small cheaply) and dribbling. Perhaps this is why CMU has dropped out of the Small sized league to focus on the Aibo league: Their team does not have the capability to produce competitive robots.
Back in the 60's I remember seeing a demo of a humanoid robot named Electra at the NY state fair. It may have been maid by IBM, but I can't seem to dig anything up on it. As a kid I was amazed and thought it mega cool when they detached her head to prove that it wasn't human, though people in the crowd were still dubious. In the "bringing robots to the masses" department, I think that Tomy should get a nomination for the Armatron. Of course, don't forget the Rockem-Sockem guys. I yearn for the days when I could knock my brother's block off so easily!
We all remember Torg as the killer robot from that classic Christmas film, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians .
I nominate Steam Man.
For inspiration and recognition of science and technology. That is the national league of robotics for high schools. My team won the New York regional. I wonder if I'll be placed in the hall too. www.picturetrail.com/zuperdominican
It's about time some robots start getting the respect they deserve.
I vote for Tom Servo (what a cool guy)
On Wall Street they say "buy low, sell high" On the pad we say, "buy high, sell high" Isn't that somehow better?
"Any nominees?" Obviously AIBO. The fastest selling robot in history, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Well, yes, but "positronic" was just gibberish, as he admitted, (not a lot of application for anti-matter in modern chips) and "psychohistory" remains fantasy. "Robotics" is the only one that came into use in the same sense as he used it.
I nominate Karel Capek, a czech writer who has invented the word "robot" and used it in his novel RUR.
This was the coolest robot, ever. Sure, you didn't build it. Sure, it was a great big remote controlled toy. But for driving around and scaring your sister, it couldn't be beat. Those big red LED eyes were just SPOOKY.
Really, it was just plain cool. Description here. As I understand it, Odetics thought it would make a good robot to sell to the military, as a guard unit. It could stand guard all night, never falling asleep, and it can walk about anywhere to get a closer look at 'anomalies'.
The standard demo for it was to crawl out of a pickup truck bed, and then lift the end of the pickup truck off the ground. Tell me this guard 'bot wouldn't be intimidating. ;-) It was built around 1983.
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Please send me some nominations rather than just chatting about it!