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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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