The 2005 Engadget Awards: Nominate the Robot of the Year

It’s time for the 2005 Engadget Awards, and we’re asking for your nominations for the Robot of the Year.

Nominating is easy. Just leave a comment as you normally would with what you're nominating for this category (remember, comments must be validated!). You don’t have to include your reasons for nominating it or any of that stuff, just leaving the name is fine.

Limit your nominations only to robots that were functional for the first time in 2005 (which means no concept robots, though we will allow updated versions of previous robots, as well as prototypes).

Also, products only need to be nominated once to be in the running, so if you’re planning on suggesting something, please make a quick scan to see if someone’s already beat you to it (i.e., please don't nominate anything more than once!). Thanks!

[VQH @ Jan 13th 2006 4:04PM]

Robosapien

[SpeedBrkr @ Jan 13th 2006 4:05PM]

* Gadget of the Year - Sony PSP

* Comeback of the Year - Nintendo DS (Software)

* Most Anticipated Gadget of 2006 - Nintendo Revolution

* Game Console of the Year - PS2

* Handheld of the Year - Nintendo DS

* Portable Video Device of the Year - Sony PSP

* Robot of the Year - Cam's Daft Punk Costume (2nd Place)

[Jared the White @ Jan 13th 2006 4:19PM]

Hal 5, hands down.

[thispaceforsale @ Jan 13th 2006 4:34PM]

Vin Diesel

[Matthew Rader @ Jan 13th 2006 4:38PM]

W U B B A

[Ron Amadeo @ Jan 13th 2006 6:14PM]

No contest.

Asimo

http://world.honda.com/HDTV/ASIMO/

[NB @ Jan 13th 2006 7:01PM]

STANLEY YEAH

[Ken @ Jan 13th 2006 8:46PM]

Roboraptor! - I still can't watch the roboraptor video without laughing http://www.robots-dreams.com/2005/10/raptor_plays_vi.html

[Spi Waterwing @ Jan 13th 2006 9:55PM]

http://engadget.com/2005/11/21/albert-hubo-meet-president-bush/



If not the coolest technologically (LEGO's next gen might get that one), definitely the neatest looking.

[Alberto D. @ Jan 14th 2006 2:37AM]

HR-2



http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/hr-2-bot-walks-talks-sets-fires/
HR-2



http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/hr-2-bot-walks-talks-sets-fires/

[Michael R. @ Jan 14th 2006 7:52AM]

ASIMO, the humanoid made by Honda. I saw his performance, and I was impressed.

If there is such a thing as an honorable mention, I'd recommend Ken Gracey's Penguin (a smaller version of the Parallax) Toddler.

[Bram Vanderborght @ Jan 14th 2006 11:50AM]

Asimo is certainly the most advanced robot in the world. The latest update running at 6km/h and his other capabilities, really the greatest. Although the Partner robots of Toyota also impressed my very much at the world expo in Aichi (http://lucy.vub.ac.be/diary_aichi4.htm), I hope they will start a world tour.

[Jarrod @ Jan 14th 2006 11:56AM]

I nominate the iRobot Roomba Scheduler as Robot of the year. There are well over a million roombas in households now.

[Marlon Wellsley @ Jan 14th 2006 1:00PM]

Robot: aqua http://www.aquarobot.net

[Jim Valdoon @ Jan 14th 2006 2:38PM]

Ashlee Simpson

[Randy @ Jan 14th 2006 8:42PM]

ASIMO: http://world.honda.com/HDTV/ASIMO/

[mu @ Jan 14th 2006 9:16PM]

Roomba (2005 version)

[Jonathan W. @ Jan 15th 2006 5:20PM]

Sandstorm and H1ghlander of Red Team Robot Racing (Carnegie Mellon University), both completed the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge.



http://www.redteamracing.org/

http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/

[LAZZRIS @ Jan 15th 2006 11:46PM]

the self driven car DARPA

[King Bigos @ Jan 16th 2006 2:44AM]

Robosapien

[tamarindpup @ Jan 16th 2006 8:33AM]

iRobot Scooba floor scrubber/washer. Amazingly nifty - even more than the robovac they also sell.

[Stewert Dent @ Jan 17th 2006 3:11PM]

iRobot Roomba/Scooba:



This is the first company truely bringing a robot/product to the masses/market (besides Sony's Toys). This product is making true changes in my daily life, and deriving real profits to invest in future robotic products. Go iRobot!

[Teeb @ Jan 17th 2006 4:08PM]

The dancing robot from the Citroen C4 advert.