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$AIBO (Artificial Intelligence roBOt, homonymous with \"pal\" in Japanese) was one of several types of robotic pets designed and manufactured by Sony; there have been several different models since their introduction in 1999. AIBO was discontinued in 2006. <a href="\">More about AIBO</a>$

$Project Aiko is Canada\'s first functional female android and was developed by Le Trung, a chemist graduate from York University. The project is also headed by Le Trung, who has designed the software and the hardware for the android. <a href="\">More about Aiko</a>$

$Al-Jazari\'s work described fountains and musical automata, in which the flow of water alternated from one large tank to another at hourly or half-hourly intervals. This operation was achieved through his innovative use of hydraulic switching. <a href="\">More about Al-Jazari Robots</a>$

$ASIMO is a humanoid robot created at Honda\'s Research & Development Wako Fundamental Technical Research Center in Japan. <a href="\">More about ASIMO</a>$

$The Bell Eagle Eye, Model 918, is a United States tiltrotor unmanned aerial vehicle that was offered as one of the competitors in the U.S. Navy\'s VT-UAV (Vertical Takeoff - UAV) program. <a href="\">More about Bell Eagle Eye</a>$

$BIG TRAK / bigtrak was the programmable electric vehicle created by Milton Bradley in 1979. It was a six-wheeled tank with a front-mounted blue photon beam headlamp, and a keypad on top. <a href="\">More about Big Trak</a>$

$The Goliath tracked mine was an unmanned German-engineered demolition vehicle, also known as the beetle tank to Allies. It carried 75–100 kg (165–220 lb) of high explosives and was intended to be used for multiple purposes, such as destroying tanks, disrupting dense infantry formations, and demolition of buildings and bridges. <a href="\">More about Goliath</a>$

$Cameron is a fictional character on the FOX television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which is a spin-off of the Terminator film franchise. Cameron first appeared in the series\' pilot episode as an unknown model of Terminator — a fictional type of cyborg envisioned as a soldier and assassin. Cameron is portrayed by actress Summer Glau who, in 2008, won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television for her performance. <a href="\">More about Cameron Terminator</a>$

$The Cylons are a cybernetic civilization at war with the Twelve Colonies of humanity in the Battlestar Galactica science fiction franchise, in the original 1978 and 1980 series, as well as the 2003 reimagining. <a href="\">More about Cylon</a>$

$Elektro is the nickname of a robot built by the Pittsburgh-based Westinghouse Electric Corporation in its Mansfield, Ohio facility between 1937 and 1938. He also appeared as \"Thinko\", in a 1960 film, Sex Kittens Go to College. <a href="\">More about Electro</a>$

$The Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle (TUGV) is a remotely operated unmanned ground vehicle employed by the United States Marine Corps. <a href="\">More about Gladiator TUGV</a>$

$The HRP-4C is a humanoid robot created by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. It is capable of voice recognition and speech synthesis. <a href="\">More about HRP-4C</a>$

$The Aerosonde is a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed to collect weather data, including temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, and wind measurements, over oceans and remote areas. On August 21, 1998 a Phase 1 Aerosonde completed a 2,031 mile (3,270 km) flight across the Atlantic Ocean. <a href="\">More about Insitu Aerosonde</a>$

$PackBot is a series of military robots by iRobot. More than 2000 PackBots are currently on station in Iraq and Afghanistan, with hundreds more on the way. <a href="\">More about iRobot PackBot</a>$

$ISI ROV is a submarine robot developed by Wei-Min Shen\'s ISI Polymorphic Robotics Lab$

$Karakuri are mechanized puppets or automata from Japan from the 18th century to 19th century. The word karakuri means a \"mechanical device to tease, trick, or take a person by surprise\".$

$KITT is the short name of a fictional character on the adventure TV series Knight Rider. KITT is an artificial intelligence electronic computer installed in a highly advanced, very mobile, robot in the form of a 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. <a href="\">More about KITT</a>$

$Leonardo\'s robot refers to a humanoid automaton designed by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1495. The design notes for the robot appear in sketchbooks that were rediscovered in the 1950s. It is not known whether or not an attempt was made to build the device. <a href="\">More about Leonardo Robot</a>$

$Luna X 2000 is a German unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in service with the Bundeswehr (German Army). Luna recovered by soldiers of the German Army It\'s intended for close reconnaissance (over the hill, up to 40km away), transmitting live video data (visual or infrared) or taking higher resolution still images, but it can also perform other tasks such as particle sampling, ESM/Electronic countermeasures (radio/radar jamming), depending on its payload.$

$Lunokhod 1 was the first of two unmanned lunar rovers landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union as part of its Lunokhod program. Lunokhod was the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world. <a href="\">More about Lunokhod-1</a>$

$The MQ-1 Predator is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which the United States Air Force describes as a MALE (medium-altitude, long-endurance) UAV system. It can serve in a reconnaissance role and fire two AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. The aircraft, in use since 1995, has seen combat over Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bosnia, Serbia, Iraq, and Yemen. It is a remote-controlled aircraft. <a href="\">More about MQ-1 Predator</a>$

$The Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout is an unmanned autonomuous helicopter developed for use by the United States armed forces. Northrop Grumman is developing the Fire Scout to provide reconnaissance, situational awareness, and precision targeting support. The initial RQ-8A version was based on the Schweizer 330, while the enhanced MQ-8B is derived from the Schweizer 333. <a href="\">MQ-8 Fire Scout</a>$

$Sonny is an NS-5 (Nestor Class-Five) robot from the film I, Robot. <a href="\">More about Sonny</a>$

$Spykee is a robotic toy made by Erector/Meccano. It contains a webcam, microphone and speakers. Controlled by computer locally or over the internet, the owner can move the robot to various locations within range of the local router, take pictures and video, listen to surroundings and make sounds through the microphone or through various built-in recordings. <a href="\">More about Spykee</a>$

$The T-1 is series of fictional robots in the film Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. It is an autonomous military robot. In a deleted scene, its full name is given as the \"T-1 Battlefield Robot.\" <a href="\">More about T-1</a>$

$The T-1000 is a fictional android assassin featured as the main antagonist in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The T-1000 is portrayed primarily by Robert Patrick; however, being a shape-shifter, the T-1000 is played by other actors in some scenes of the film. In Terminator 2, the T-1000 is presented as a technological leap over the \"800 Series\" Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger);[1] Schwarzenegger\'s character explains how the T-1000 is a more advanced terminator, composed entirely of a mimetic metal alloy, rendering it capable of rapid shapeshifting, near-perfect mimicry and rapid recovery from damage. <a href="\">More about T-1000</a>$

$T2 3-D: Battle Across Time features the T-1000000 (or T- Meg.), a gigantic spider-like version of the T-1000 seen in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. It defends Skynet\'s CPU from attack. Like the T-1000, it is made of mimetic polyalloy, allowing it to form its legs into stabbing weapons. The only known T-1000000 was destroyed when Skynet\'s core was destroyed. <a href="\">More about T-1000000</a>$

$The T-600 is a line of fictional robots in the Terminator series. It can be considered a prototype to the more well-known T-800 terminator robots in the series. <a href="\">More about T-600 Terminator</a>$

$T-70 from Terminator-2 3D is the earliest terminator model shown to have a humanoid form with arms and legs. <a href="\">More about T-70 Terminator</a>$

$The T-800 Terminator is a fictional character portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger — a cyborg, initially portrayed as a programmable assassin and military infiltration unit. \"The Terminator\" character first appeared in the 1984 movie of the same name, directed and co-written by James Cameron, and its sequels. <a href="\"">More about Terminator</a>$

$Cromartie (T-888) is a fictional cyborg character in the American science fiction television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, a television spin-off of the Terminator series of films. In the pilot episode, he is portrayed by actor Owain Yeoman, however actor Garret Dillahunt subsequently portrays the character thereafter, and is elevated from a recurring character to a series regular in the show\'s second season. <a href="\"">More about Cromartie</a>$

$The T-X, nicknamed the \"Terminatrix\", is a fictional gynoid assassin. It is the main antagonist in the movie Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. It was primarily portrayed by Kristanna Loken. The fictional T-X has the ability to assume the appearance of other characters. The T-X\'s power to take on disguises is related to the shape-shifting T-1000; therefore, several other cast members occasionally portrayed the T-X throughout the film. <a href="\"">More about T-888 (Vick) Terminator</a>$

$Unimate was the first industrial robot, which worked on a General Motors assembly line in New Jersey, in 1961. It was created by George Devol in the 1950s using his original patents. Devol, together with Joseph Engelberger started Unimation, the world\'s first robot manufacturing company. <a href="\"">More about Unimate</a>$

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