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Robot Hall of Fame 2004 Inductees Announced
generic-man writes "According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Carnegie Mellon University has announced this year's inductees for the Robot Hall of Fame. On October 11, the Hall welcomes Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet, Astroboy, C3PO, Honda's ASIMO, and a 'pioneering mobile robot called Shakey.' They join R2D2. the Mars Pathfinder rover, and other robots from the class of 2003."
welcome our new robot overlords.
Bender belongs on that list
I, for one, nominate Darl McBride, everyone's favorite FUD-slinging robot! The openserver platform he's running on seems a bit buggy however--some of the outputs make no sense...
Man, my dad just burnt me a copy of forbidden planet. After seeing it for the first time recently, I gotta agree that Robby should make this hall of fame. The robot produced, what, 60 gallons of alcohol for that alcoholic crew member? What loyalty! And the way the robot made those giant sheets of lead wobble as if they were only styrofoam set props. Brilliant.
I don't see Cher on there.
Marvin, the Paranoid Android.
Brain the size of the universe and I can't even get nominated. Life, don't talk to me about life.
I think we need to admit the AlGore robot to the hall of fame. Not only was he a revolution in cybernetics, but he was almost elected president.
It's good to use your head, but not as a battering ram.
To invent a robot dog and name it Dogmatic.
If your bitterest enemies are people who hack the heads off civilians, then I would say you're doing something right.