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Images: Aibo, Gort join Robot Hall of Fame

by ZDNet Author  |  July 19, 2006 11:35am PDT  |  Image 4 of 5

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SCARA
The decidedly more utilitarian design heading into the Hall of Fame is SCARA--short for selective compliance assembly robot arm--a popular class of industrial robot developed in the 1970s and '80s. It was used in pick-and-place assembly and packaging operations.

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