The Robot Hall of Fame celebrates landmark scientific achievements as well as applauding the creative impact of fictional robots. Which (if any) of the following will be inducted into the hall of fame?
]iRobot Packbot (military)/:m]
]iRobot Roomba (domestic)/:m]
]VEX Robotics (education)/:m]
]Terminator (Terminator movie)/:m]
]Megatron (Transformers movie)/:m]
]Johnny 5 (Short Circuit movie)/:m]
]Sonny (i-Robot movie)/:m]
]Wall-e (Wall-e movie)/:m]
]PLEO (robot toy)/:m]
]None of the above/:m]
For other possible nominations, check out the Timeline of Robotics as part of the RobotShop Learning Center.
I vote for the Roomba. This robot changed my life and it/he deserves to be added to the robot hall of fame:cool:
I think Wall-E Terminator and Megatron are my top picks. They are in fact “famous”; they have movies to make them famous after all 
None of the above. This is what will be the next robot :
the Create from iRobot
Why ?
32 sensors
30 lbs weight that can be beared
bluetooth control
auto-recharge mode : it will go on his base to recharge itself
Very good autonomy (1 hour and half)
Built in (no hardware to assemble, it’s fully functionnal and ready to use)
iRobot Create is an affordable, preassembled mobile robot platform that provides an out-of-the-box opportunity for educators, students and developers to program behaviors, sounds, movements and add additional electronics. Create is making a difference in the advancement of robotics research, product development and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S.T.E.M.) education.
store.irobot.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=2591511&ab=CMS_IRBT_CreateSuperCat_LearnMore_110408
I think that Wowwee lacks good idea for their products. It’s sad because they use nice technologies and they can do better.
In my opinion, the Create from iRobot can’t be beat in the range of what you get for what you paid for. And it’s a really good starting to understand programming behavior and doing a lot of things. Add a lynxmotion arm on it with some programming and you have potentialy a multi-tasks platorm.
The market is going to slowly for the technology we have and the potential we bring.
Have a nice day
Jeff
