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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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