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    Honda released ASIMO, an artificial humanoid robot in 2000. It can walk, recognise faces and
                     use its arm like human beings.

                                                                                  Factbot

                                                                            ASIMO  stands  for  Advanced  Step  in
                                                                            Innovative Mobility.

                                                 ASIMO

                     In 2002, i-Robot released Roomba, an autonomous robot vacuum

                     cleaner that cleans and is able to avoid crashing into obstacles.

                                                                                                         Roomba

                     NASA's  Mars  Exploration  Mission  in  2004  was  a  robotic  space  mission  involving  two  Mars
                     rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, to explore planet Mars.

                                                   Spirit                            Opportunity

                             Topic Flashback                                                 21 st  Century
                                                                                                 Skills  #Technology Literacy
                           Answer the following:

                           1.  Name the humanoid robot created by Ichiro Kato in 1973.

                           2.  Name the artificial humanoid robot released by Honda in 2000.

                     2010 To Present

                     This era  is a revolution in the field of artificial intelligence  with many

                     developments.
                     Microsoft launched Kinect for Xbox 360, the first gaming device that

                     tracked human movement using a 3D camera and infrared detection.                       Xbox 360

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