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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. 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?

  2. 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?

  3. 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

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

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

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