2004 Robot Hall Of Fame inductees

C-3PORobbyCarnie Mellon University inducts five new members to its Robot Hall Of Fame at a press event promoting the movie adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot. The 2004 inductees, again split almost evenly between fictional and real robots, are:

  1. Astro Boy (1951, manga/anime character)
  2. Robby The Robot (1956, from Forbidden Planet)
  3. Shakey (1966, Stanford Research Institute – first robot capable of autonomous tasks)
  4. C-3PO (1977, from Star Wars)
  5. ASIMO (2000, Honda – humanoid robot capable of navigating uneven terrain)

Judges for the 2004 Hall include SimCity creator Wil Wright, roboticist Ruzena Bajcsy and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.

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