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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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