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In 2002,  i-Robot  released  Roomba, an  autonomous  robot  vacuum
                                  cleaner that cleans and is able to avoid crashing into obstacles.







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







                                              Google developed a driverless car in 2009 and by 2014, it
                                              passed Nevada’s self-driving test.








                     FROM 2010 TO PRESENT


            This  was an era  of  revolution  in  the  field  of  artificial
            intelligence with the following developments:

            Kinect for Xbox  360: Microsoft  launched  Kinect  for
            Xbox  360,  the  first gaming  device  that  tracked  human
            movement using a 3D camera and infrared detection.





                                                 Siri, a virtual assistant on Apple iOS: Apple released Siri
                                                 in 2011. It uses a natural language user interface to infer,
                                                 observe, answer, and give recommendations to users.




            Cortana: Microsoft released Cortana in 2014, a virtual
            assistant similar to Siri.








                                   Amazon  Alexa: In  2014 Amazon  created  Alexa, a home  assistant
                                   that is a smart speaker functioning as a personal assistant.




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