C3PO Joins R2D2 Among the Greates

C3PO Joins R2D2 Among the Greates
Five robots from both science fiction and technical reality will enter Carnegie Mellon University's Robot Hall of Fame in Pittsburgh this fall.

The tin-filled hall of fame will add Honda's Asimo bot, Shakey the Robot, Astroboy, C3PO and Robby the Robot.

The panel of robot lovers who selected them included sci-fi legend Arthur C. Clarke, the BBC reported yesterday. The android superstars will officially take their place in the Robot Hall of Fame at a ceremony in October. They will join last year's inductees, the Mars explorer Sojourner, the assembly line Unimate, Hal 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey, and R2-D2 from Star Wars.