Robot Hall of Fame
The Robot Hall of Fame has a launched in 2003 by the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University Hall of Fame. In it, both outstanding developments in the field of robot technology be appreciated as well robot from the science fiction field, which served as creative inspiration for robotics.
The robot will be selected by a jury consisting of international scholars, scientists, writers and designers. The members of the jury will be determined by James H. Morris, dean of Carnegie Mellon West. Among the previous jury members include, among others, Minoru Asada, Gordon Bell, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Jarvis, Steve Wozniak and Will Wright.
The nominations will be selected from a variety of sources, including the official website of the Hall of Fame.
The appointment of new members will take place at a formal ceremony, which is organized jointly by the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University with the Robotics Institute and the Entertainment Technology Center.
Members
2003
- HAL 9000 ( from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey - fictitious)
- Mars Pathfinder Sojourner Rover ( NASA - real )
- R2 -D2 ( from the Star Wars universe - fictitious)
- Unimate ( General Motors - real )
2004
- ASIMO (Honda Motor Co., Ltd. -. Real)
- Astro Boy ( from the eponymous manga - fictitious)
- C -3PO ( from the Star Wars universe - fictitious)
- Robby ( from the movie Forbidden Planet - fictitious)
- Shakey (Stanford Research Institute - real)
2006
- Maria ( from the movie Metropolis - fictitious)
- Gort ( from the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still - fictitious)
- David ( from the movie AI - Artificial Intelligence - fictitious)
- Aibo (Sony - real )
- Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm ( SCARA short - real )
2008
- Data ( from Star Trek - fictitious)
- Raibert Hopper ( Marc Raibert / Carnegie Mellon University - real )
- NavLab 5 ( Carnegie Mellon University - real )
- Lego Mindstorms ( Lego - real )
2010
- Spirit and Opportunity ( NASA Mars Rover - real )
- Roomba ( iRobot - real )
- DaVinci Medical Robot ( Intuitive Surgical - real )
- Huey, Dewey and Louie ( Silent Running - fictitious)
- T-800 ( Terminator - fictitious)
2012
- NAO ( Aldebaran Robotics - real )
- PackBot ( iRobot, bomb disposal robots - real )
- BigDog (Boston Dynamics - real )
- WALL- E ( fictitious)