2004 Inductees to the Robot Hall of Fame

lucabrasi999 writes "The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ran a story today on the 2004 inductees to the Robot Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University. The highlight of the ceremony was apparently a handshake between Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) and ASIMO (Honda). Well, at least Robby the Robot finally made it in. Now I can sleep easy at night."

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Robot Hall of Fame?

[Anonymous Coward]

My nominee would have been Dick Cheney. Too late though!

Highlight !!!!!

[Timesprout]

The highlight of the ceremony was apparently a handshake between Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) and ASIMO (Honda)

If that was the highlight how many people bludgeoned themselves to death to escape the boredom? Jeez I bet even a few of the robots self terminated if that was as good as it got.

Kiss my shiny metal...

[Nos.]

I wish Bender had been nominated.

Where is Maria, the sexy robot from Metropolis?

[VidEdit]

What an appalling sense of science fiction history these people have. They have "SIMO...ASTRO BOY...C-3PO...Robby, the Robot...Shakey" but the ground-breaking robot from Metropolis, Maria, isn't there. This sexy robot was years ahead of its time and it wasn't until Star Wars that the boxy water heaters with flexible duct arms finally gave way back to this original design.

The idea that they would have C3P0 without first inducting Maria, who C3P0 is derivative of, shows a poor acknowledgment of the foundation laid for the future by Fritz Lang.

Check out: http://www.jeffbots.com/maria.html

go with the astromech

[snap-hiss]

I would have picked R2 over 3PO. I mean, he is the man in the relationship.