And the Winner Is: 2012 Inductees to the Robot Hall of Fame

The 2012 inductee to theRobot Hall of Fameat Carnegie Mellon have been announce . And woefully , Rosey the robotdidn’t make the cut . She was pound out in the entertainment family by WALL - E — a worthwhile choice , but kind of like putting Justin Bieber in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame beforeScreamin ’ Jay Hawkins . I mean , Bieber has n’t even gone through his inevitableChris Gainesperiod yet . *

Naturally I was hoping for a Rosey victory , as we ’re five instalment deeply into looking back atevery episodeof “ The Jetsons . ” But there ’s always next year . A solemn congratulation to all the robo - winners and the hardworking team of humans that worked on them .

The winners were chosen in four category : Education & Consumer ; Entertainment ; Industrial & Service ; and Research . This year ’s four winners are Aldebaran Robotics ’ NAO , Disney ’s WALL - E , iRobot ’s PackBot bomb administration robot , and Boston Dynamics ’ BigDog . you could watch video of each winner below . Education & Consumer : Aldebaran Robotics ’ NAO