Images: Aibo, Gort join Robot Hall of Fame
by ZDNet Author | July 19, 2006 11:35am PDT | Image 1 of 5
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Aibo may have outlived its usefulness for Sony, but its contributions to robotics have made a lasting impression. The four-legged mechanical pup, which has played many a game of robo-soccer, is one of the five new inductees to the Robot Hall of Fame at Carnegie Mellon University. The inductees were named late Wednesday; the induction ceremony will take place June 21.
"The Aibo has evolved to be a robust, fully programmable robot with perception, onboard computing and great four-legged motion," Manuela Veloso, a computer science professor who leads Carnegie Mellon's RoboCup soccer teams, said in a statement.
Alas, belt-tightening at Sony forced the company earlier this year to dispense with its robotics unit.
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