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Aqua Robot
Aquarobot, a walking robot for undersea use, was created at the Robotics
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iRobot
iRobot Corporation was founded by Rodney Brooks, Colin Angle and Helen
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Dante
Dante explored Mt. Erebrus in Antarctica. The 8-legged walking robot was
developed at Carnegie-Mellon University. However, the mission failed when
its tether broke. [4]Dante II subsequently explored Mt. Spurr in Alaska in
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RoboTuna
RoboTuna was created by David Barrett at MIT. The robot was used to study
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P2
Honda created the P2, which was the first major step in creating their
ASIMO. The P2 was the first self-regulating, bipedal humanoid robot. -
PathFinder
NASA's PathFinder landed on Mars. The wheeled robotic rover sent images
and data about Mars back to Earth. -
P3
Honda created the P3, the second major step in creating their ASIMO. The P3
was Honda’s first completely autonomous humanoid robot. -
Kismet
Dr. Cynthia created Kismet, a robotic creature that interacted emotionally
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LEGO's MINDSTORM Robot
LEGO released their MINDSTORMS robotic development product line,
which is a system for inventing robots using a modular design and LEGO
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Edinburg Modular Arm System
Campbell Aird was fitted with the first bionic arm called the Edinburg
Modular Arm System (EMAS)
