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CMU Unveils Robot Hall Of Fame
CMU_Nort writes "Carnegie Mellon University has just unveiled the Robot Hall of Fame. Along with that announcement, MSNBC has an article about the first honorary inductees, including R2D2 and Mars Pathfinder. You also have the chance to nominate other robots."
When you try to nominate a robot, you get a "Bad/No Recipient" error page.
In any case--once it's up, IMHO Nilsson's robot "Shakey" deserves nomination.
First, R2-D2 is far more widley known then K9. perhaps the most widly know robot ever.
second, it just opened for Christ sake, go and vote for K9.
Third, by putting in a fictional robot, they set the stage. latter someone can't say, you're not allowed, its only for real robots.
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The daleks! Come on Doctor Who fans! I haven't watched enough Doctor Who to comment on it, but I think a Dalek could bust up R2D2 any day with that fearful plung^H^H^H^H^H laser of destruction!
The Heathkit Hero 2000 cost as much as a Yugo, but available with an optional arm and wireless terminal, it got a lot of students into robots. I remember writing a simple wall-following algorithm that ran on real hardware -- a lot more complexity than with Karel The Robot.
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Here's the real robot hall of fame, the Computer History Museum's robot collection. Many of the famous ones are there, including the Hopkins Beast and Shakey. They used to be on public display in Boston, but now they're in Mountain View, California. The Computer History Museum now has a new building, and is gradually setting up exhibits. Tours are available.
It's only Asimo's "modes" and cutesy audience interactions that are directed by remote control. His most impressive feat - walking up and down stairs (and walking at all for that matter)- is something that he does automomously.