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2006 Robot Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the robotastic dept.

qeorqe writes "The Robot Hall of Fame 2006 inductees have been announced! The induction ceremony will be at the RoboBusiness Conference in Pittsburgh on June 21. Anthony Daniels portrayer of C3PO, will be master of ceremonies. The selected robots are: AIBO, SCARA, David (A.I.), Gort (The Day the Earth Stood Still), and Maria (Metropolis). The announcement was made in conjunction with the 50th anniversary celebration of the computer science department at CMU (formerly CIT)."

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  1. It's a stupid award by Animats · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I can't take seriously a robotics award that mixes fictional and real robots.

    Back when the Computer Museum was in Boston, there was a robot exhibit. And, up there on a platform, were most of the early famous robots. Shakey. The Hopkins Beast. The Stanford Arm. Those are real winners. Gort is a costume. This "award" is an embarassment to the field.

  2. WTF? by LouisZepher · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Maybe I just can't find him listed on their site, but why isn't Marvin in there? Not mainstream enough? I'm willing to bet that quite a few of the inductees wouldn't be known outside the geek circle. If fuggin David came make it in, why not Marvin? Haley Joel Osment is a helluva actor, but Marvin is your plastic pal who's fun to be with!

  3. What no Roomba ? by cobbaut · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Roomba has already saved me hours of cleaning. Are useful robots excluded or something ?

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