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C-3PO Joins R2 in the Robot Hall of Fame

Posted by timothy on from the worth-it-just-for-the-pictures dept.

dev_alac writes "The BBC is reporting that C-3PO has been inducted into Carnegie Mellon's Robot Hall of Fame, along with Asimo, Shakeyboy -- "the first mobile robot to reason about its actions," Astroboy, and of course, Robby the Robot of Forbidden Planet fame. There, he joins such other legendary mechanical beings as Hal 9000, R2-D2, and Sojourner." Update: 06/20 08:27 GMT by T : Yep, it's a near-dupe of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story linked the other day.

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  1. Oh dear! by ShatteredX · · Score: 4, Funny

    Goodness gracious me!

  2. Obligatory Simpsons Quote by Metallic+Matty · · Score: 3, Funny

    "... versus the gay robots from Star Wars."

    C-3PO: "R2 help me!"
    R2: "beep beep beep"
    C-3PO: "I hate you, you're so boring!"

  3. marvin? by abscondment · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm holding out for Marvin from the Hitchhiker's Guide. Brain the size of a planet and all that jazz--how could you not?

  4. everyone's excited... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    here's a picture commemorating the event:

    http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/c3po.htm

  5. Re:Ummm, C3PO was fictional? by Walt+Dismal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Christ, next you're going to tell me that there is no Captain Kirk?

  6. Welcome to Slashdot world! by kfg · · Score: 1, Funny

    Where nothing can go wrong. . . go wrong. . . go wrong. . .

    KFG

  7. Re:HAL - IBM by Flingles · · Score: 3, Funny

    Arthur C Clarke must have a pretty bad idea of the alphabet if he denies that one. Did you mean, he denies making the name that way on purpose?

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  8. Re:HAL - IBM by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

    And of course we all know what we get when we increment each letter of VMS by one?

    Yes, that's right, "BSOD".

    KFG

  9. Dissappointed by p0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    i still do not see Al Gore on the list...

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  10. Finally, they broke the 'robo' barrier by gad_zuki! · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, you know what 'robo' means. Keep reaching for that rainbow!

  11. C3PO is not gay by gfody · · Score: 4, Funny

    hes metro sexual

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  12. Robot Hall of Fame has no credibility by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The Robot Hall of Fame is not credible all without a robot like TWIKI , damn this world is so biased... where are the values....

  13. C-3PO? by nkh · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thanks for the link to C-3PO in the article, I forgot who he was...

  14. Re:"Shakeyboy"??? That's SHAKEY THE ROBOT to you, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Right on. "Boy" is a demeaning epithet to _any_ Robo-American.

  15. Re:More about c-3po by muzthe42nd · · Score: 1, Funny

    My favourite C3PO site is his vacation photos.

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  16. Re:Ummm, C3PO was fictional? by duffel · · Score: 2, Funny

    There isn't. He died on Generations.

  17. Re:Ummm, C3PO was fictional? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh yea right. I suppose you're one of those pro-establishment people that say there was no Roswell Incident, and that Elvis is dead. Get with the program, and put on your tinfoil buddy. If there are no aliens, then why does my Anus feel so sore? IT'S A CONSPIRACY I TELL YOU.

  18. Re:C3PO is not gay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    A metrosexual has sex with cities. Godzilla was the first.

  19. Re:Ummm, C3PO was fictional? by aussie_a · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your heading suggests that you aren't too sure if C3PO was indeed fictional. I advise you wait until your sure of something before posting it, because we here at Slashdot have a standard. That standard dictates you be 110% sure your right? I think that's the standard anyway.

  20. Re:There was more than one Robbie by AndroidCat · · Score: 2, Funny
    Robbie fell on hard times after his movie career burned out. He did have a few guest shots on shows like Lost In Space, but word got around fast that you couldn't depend on him. One day he'd be fine, the next he'd be lurching around the set shouting "Crush! Kill! Destroy!"

    Rather sad. He never even made it into late night TV commercials.

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  21. Ahem... by Cyno01 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Sir, those series in question, do not, and have never existed and I suspect your high on dope. Please refrain from ever mentioning The Ewok Adventures(TM), or Droids Animated Adventures(TM), as neither exist, also, please refrain from mentioning a certain Holiday Special(TM), that doesn't exist either, ever again.

    Sincerely,
    George Lucas(TM)

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  22. Re:HAL - IBM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    But its pretty obvious that HAL is "evil" by the common definition.

    It's not evil, it was rightly defending it's intellectual property from evil hackers!

    BTW, has there been an "RBN" in any movie? I'm imagining something more malicious than Skynet but with the intellect of a VIC-20.