AI milestones in 2000
2 documented milestones from 2000.
FDA Clearance of the da Vinci Surgical System for Laparoscopic Surgery
In July 2000, the US Food and Drug Administration cleared Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci Surgical System for use in laparoscopic procedures, marking the first regulatory approval of a robotic-assisted surgical system for general laparoscopic surgery in the United States.
Kismet: Sociable Robot Developed by Cynthia Breazeal at MIT
Around 2000, Cynthia Breazeal at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory completed Kismet, a robotic head capable of perceiving and expressing emotion through coordinated facial features, pioneering research into socially intelligent robots able to engage in natural affective interaction with humans.