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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. I Nominate The Turk by rhfrommn · · Score: 5, Informative

    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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  2. Re:Inclusion of non-existant robots ? by flynt · · Score: 1, Informative

    no

  3. RoboCup by elbanevretep · · Score: 2, Informative

    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