2007 Robot Hall of Fame inductees

Posted 17 May 2007 at 10:38 UTC (updated 17 May 2007 at 10:45 UTC) by mwaibel

CMU has inducted four more robots into their Robot Hall of Fame. The jury of international scholars, researchers, writers, and designers selected the one-legged Raibert Hopper, the NavLab 5 self-steering vehicle, the LEGO Mindstorms kit and Lieutenant Commander Data as the new inductees. Matt Mason, the director of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon: "For the first time, the jury selected more robots from science in fact than science fiction. Perhaps it's a trend that we are finally beginning to fulfill expectations..."