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Shakey the Robot was the first general purpose mobile AI robot.

The project combined research in robotics, computer vision, and natural language processing. Because of this, it was the first project that melded logical reasoning and physical action. Shakey was developed at the Artificial Intelligence Center of Stanford Research Institute (now called SRI International) by Nils John Nilsson from 1966 to 1972.

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  • SRI Shakey with callouts

    Shakey in 1972

  • Peter Hart Shakey talk

    Peter Hart discussed Shakey's firsts in a talk at Google in February 2015.

  • IEEE Shakey Team at dedication of IEEE plaque commemorating their achievement

    Shakey's creators at the IEEE Milestone award event at the Computer History Museum, February 2017: (from left) Richard O. Duda, Tom Garvey, IEEE President Elect Jim Jeffries, Peter E. Hart, Nils J. Nilsson, Richard Fikes, Helen Chan Wolff, Claude Fennema, Bertram Raphael, Mike Wilber.

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