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Robot Hall of Fame

Posted by michael on from the Tom-Servo-and-Crow dept.

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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  1. Wee! by B3ryllium · · Score: 3, Funny

    I designed a MindStorm robot, can I be in the hall of fame too?

  2. Robots by jargoone · · Score: 1, Funny

    I need one of those insurance policies that protects against robot attacks. Anyone seen that on SNL?

  3. The Robot by Estevan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Someday I'm going to create a hall of fame for distigishable performances of The Robot in break dance.

    1. Re:The Robot by Vette64 · · Score: 2, Funny

      The Robot was a break dance?

      Anyway, I'd nominate Bender. Do they accept cartoons?

  4. I nominate... by blackmonday · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!

    1. Re:I Nominate... by B3ryllium · · Score: 4, Funny

      I would *so* pay for them to hoist a huge sign on the front of the hall of fame ...

      Bite my shiny metal ass.

      Well, actually, no I wouldn't pay. I'd laugh and walk by outside, though. Then I'd start my own hall of fame.

    2. Re:I nominate... by RevDobbs · · Score: 2, Funny

      Al (AI?) is OK in group situations, but one-on-one he fails the Turing test 9 times out of ten.

    3. Re:I nominate... by DonkeyJimmy · · Score: 2, Funny

      [I nominate] Al Gore. He's so lifelike he's fooled millions of people.

      I really don't think he fooled anyone. But he's still a good robot.

      --
      "Probably the toughest time in anyone's life is when you have to murder a loved one because they're the devil." -Philips
    4. Re:I nominate... by screwballicus · · Score: 2, Funny

      He's not the oldest, however.

      "Robert Dole"

      has a rather telling anagram:

      "Elder Robot"

  5. Re:I Nominate The Turk by billstr78 · · Score: 4, Funny

    What's even funnier is that this "Turk" beat such famous people as Ben Franklin and Napolean Bonnapart. Well, the match with Napolean was officialy a draw becuase he wiped all the pieces from the board when he saw that he was loosing too badly to recover.

  6. I Nominate... by immanis · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!"

    --

    best web host ever

  7. Re:1 vote for Hero 2000 by websaber · · Score: 5, Funny

    you'll know that robots have come of age when self nominations become banned.

    --
    "A good friend will bail you out of jail. A true friend will be sitting next to you saying, 'damn....that was fun!'"
  8. Robot Nominees by SanLouBlues · · Score: 5, Funny

    This time, I'd vote for Al Gore and actually feel good about it.

  9. Bite my shiny metal ass.... by MeanE · · Score: 2, Funny

    I nominate Bender!! I don't know who created him though. Maybe Matt Groening?

  10. Re:R2-D2 by russx2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think this hall of fame only applies to robots in this galaxy. Not galaxies far, far away.

  11. I tried to nominate Marvin... by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... but he muttered something about how he was too depressed to accept the award and *whissh whisssh*'ed away.

    --
    "Derp de derp."
  12. Joel Robinson: Master Builder by burgburgburg · · Score: 2, Funny
    Using just spare parts, gumball machines, vacuums, and the parts that would have enabled him to control the movies that the scientists beamed to him from Deep 13, all the while stuck on the Satellite of Love, Joel Robinson created his robot companions: Tom Servo, Crow. T. Robot, Gypsy, and Cambot.

    Also, a nod to Mike Nelson, who maintained them when Dr. Forrester shot him up to the SOL.

  13. The pusher robot by scotay · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.