2006 Robot Hall of Fame Inductees Announced 86
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)."
Re:Oh crap, here we go (Score:3, Insightful)
The super robots found a creative solution to a seemingly unsolvable endless loop. Cool. David dies at the bottom of the ocean sitting in front of the statue of the Blue Fairy. Big journey that comes to a pointless end. Dumb. Hopefully now you understand why people like me come out of the woodwork every time this is suggested and beat it to death.
Go ahead and read this [72.14.203.104]. Hopefully this will lead to a little clarification AND (hopefully) a little less dead horse beating.
It's a stupid award (Score:5, Insightful)
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.
WTF? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Oh crap, here we go (Score:3, Insightful)
It's like someone in editing dropped the folders with the plots to several good sci-fi movies on the floor, got them mixed up, and this was the result.
Re:It's a stupid award (Score:3, Insightful)
What no Roomba ? (Score:4, Insightful)