R2-D2

...Mellon University's Robot Hall of Fame has a new home here. The exhibit features scale replicas of high-profile robots, including R2-D2 and C-3PO of "Star Wars" fame, Gort ("The Day the Earth Stood Still"), Robby ("Forbidden Planet"), Hal...

In this article: Metropolis, Pittsburgh, E mail, HAL 9000, and Carnegie Mellon University

"The great robots of science fiction, such as Gort, have a powerful hold on people's imaginations, which is why we honor them and their creators," said Don Marinelli, executive producer of Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center.

In this article: Carnegie Mellon University, Marc Raibert, Robotics Institute, Pittsburgh, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and U.S.S. Enterprise

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