Five new robots, both fictional and real, are inducted into Carnegie Mellon University’s Robot Hall Of Fame. With C-3PO actor Anthony Daniels presenting the awards, the quintet of new inductees consists of:
- Maria (1927, from Metropolis)
- Gort (1951, from The Day The Earth Stood Still)
- SCARA (1978, Yamanashi University – industrial small-component assembly robot)
- AIBO (1999, Sony – consumer grade robot dog with artificial intelligence)
- David (2001, from A.I.: Artificial Intelligence)