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Honda released ASIMO, an artificial humanoid robot in 2000.
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.
Suppose, AI could take you to the different time periods in history. What
era would you visit first, and what would you learn from the AI guides?
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.
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