The public can vote on this year 's inductees to the Robot Hall of Fame . The hall , at Carnegie Mellon University , honors both real and fictional robots . So far , the hall has honored 21 robots , including such robo-stalwarts as NASA 's Mars Sojourner , Honda 's ASIMO and R2-D2 and C-3PO from `` Star Wars . '' Robots are getting smarter all the time thanks in part to advances in artificial intelligence ( AI ) that have made them more capable than ever before. Voting , at the hall 's website , is open until September 30 .
The public can vote on this year 's inductees to the Robot Hall of Fame . The hall , at Carnegie Mellon University , honors both real and fictional robots . Robots are getting smarter all the time thanks in part to advances in artificial intelligence ( AI ) that have made them more capable than ever before. Voting , at the hall 's website , is open until September 30 .