Astro Boy to be Inducted to Carnegie Mellon U's Robot Hall of Fame

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The Japanese Astroboy (also known in the early years as Atom Boy) received well-deserved juror support. Astroboy, the animation of a robot with a soul, was created by Osamu Tezuka in 1951.

"Astroboy should be inducted because of its extraordinary impact on Japanese culture, including on the socialization of generations to a future in which robotics are a part of everyday life," said juror Sherry Turkle, director of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Initiative on Technology and Self. "Through the filter of both Japanese culture and industrial production, Astroboy has come to have a global reach."

Other 2004 Inductees are C3P-O, Shakey the Robot, ASIMO, and Robby the Robot from "Forbidden Planet".

The induction ceremony will be October 11, 2004.

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[Surf Monkey]

Very cool! I'm a huge fan of the original manga and the early animated. The new Astro Boy cartoons pretty much suck IMO.

Nice honor for a well loved character.

[mtcarmel00]

C3P-O

C-3PO? I sure hope R2-D2 is in this hall already. Those two should be in it together.