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Aquarobot, a walking robot for undersea use, was created at the Robotics
Laboratory at the Ministry of Transport in Japan -
iRobot Corporation was founded by Rodney Brooks, Colin Angle and Helen
Greiner and produced domestic and military robots. -
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
2004. This was a more robust version of Dante I. -
RoboTuna was created by David Barrett at MIT. The robot was used to study
how fish swim. -
Honda created the P2, which was the first major step in creating their
ASIMO. The P2 was the first self-regulating, bipedal humanoid robot. -
NASA's PathFinder landed on Mars. The wheeled robotic rover sent images
and data about Mars back to Earth. -
Honda created the P3, the second major step in creating their ASIMO. The P3
was Honda’s first completely autonomous humanoid robot. -
Dr. Cynthia created Kismet, a robotic creature that interacted emotionally
with people. -
LEGO released their MINDSTORMS robotic development product line,
which is a system for inventing robots using a modular design and LEGO
plastic bricks. -
Campbell Aird was fitted with the first bionic arm called the Edinburg
Modular Arm System (EMAS)
