Plate I. The Summer Project, 1955–1973

1966 – 1972— Research

Shakey the robot

Engraving of SRI Shakey robot, 1969, Computer History Museum — Engraving after a photograph by The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence), via Wikimedia Commons. Redrawn and re-inked for iown.si. This engraving is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

SRI’s Shakey becomes the first mobile robot to reason about its own actions, combining vision, planning (STRIPS) and navigation.

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Shakey the robot, Wikipedia secondary

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