Carnegie Mellon Will Induct Four Robots into Newly Established Robot Hall of Fame

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ — Carnegie Mellon University will induct four robots into its newly established Robot Hall of Fame(TM) in a ceremony at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Science Center at 8 p.m. Monday, November 10.

The robots to be honored fall into two categories–robots from science and robots from science fiction. Their creators or others with a close relationship to the robots will attend the ceremony to accept a certificate in their honor.

The Robot Hall of Fame was established earlier this year to honor noteworthy robots, both real and fictional, along with their creators in recognition of the increasing benefits robots are bringing to society.

A Robot Hall of Fame Web site will be unveiled at the induction ceremony. The goal is to create a permanent, interactive exhibition involving robots that will educate and entertain a wide variety of audiences.

A panel of experts, each serving for a two-year term, will choose robots in each category to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

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The next selection of robots for induction into the Robot Hall of Fame is scheduled to take place in conjunction with the 25th anniversary celebration of Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute, Oct. 13-16, 2004.

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