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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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