Old PR2 can already fold towels , play pool and grab an ice cold beer — really, the Willow Garage robot is just one task of short of mastering the day-to-day activities of your average college student. What’s that? It can get a sandwich, too?
Old PR2 can already fold towels , play pool and grab an ice cold beer — really, the Willow Garage robot is just one task of short of mastering the day-to-day activities of your average college student. What’s that? It can get a sandwich, too?
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Robot uses semantic search to get a Subway sandwich, do Jared’s evil bidding (video)
Looking to build your own Bakebot using Willow Garage’s PR2 robot development platform but can’t quite scrape together the necessary $400k ?
Looking to build your own Bakebot using Willow Garage’s PR2 robot development platform but can’t quite scrape together the necessary $400k ?
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Willow Garage slashes price, arm with PR2 SE robot
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have programmed a robot to mix dough and make cookies from scratch.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have programmed a robot to mix dough and make cookies from scratch.
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Your Very Own Cookie-Baking Robot
Robots for Humanity? That certainly doesn’t jibe with our notion of the upcoming cyborg apocalypse
Robots for Humanity? That certainly doesn’t jibe with our notion of the upcoming cyborg apocalypse
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Robots for Humanity help around the house, scratch your itch (video)
A while back we got a detailed look at the innards of Qbo , TheCorpora’s open-source robot.
A while back we got a detailed look at the innards of Qbo , TheCorpora’s open-source robot.
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Qbo, the open-source robot, interacts with people, makes adorable mistakes (video)
Willow Garage, a robotics company, hopes to entice novice programmers with a new introductory robot called the TurtleBot.
Willow Garage, a robotics company, hopes to entice novice programmers with a new introductory robot called the TurtleBot.
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Willow Garage Introduces TurtleBot Robot
Screen Grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today’s movies and TV.
Screen Grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today’s movies and TV.
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Screen Grabs: Willow Garage’s telepresence bot guest stars on The Big Bang Theory
Willow Garage, a California-based technology company, announced on Wednesday that its PR2 robot would go on sale to businesses and the general public.
Willow Garage, a California-based technology company, announced on Wednesday that its PR2 robot would go on sale to businesses and the general public.
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Your Very Own $400,000 Robot
While it was fun while it lasted, it was obvious that Willow Garage couldn’t keep giving away its ultra-high-end development platform PR2 bots forever.
While it was fun while it lasted, it was obvious that Willow Garage couldn’t keep giving away its ultra-high-end development platform PR2 bots forever.
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Willow Garage now selling the PR2 for $400k a pop
While the Willow Garage-initiated ROS is designed to consolidate and accelerate robotics innovation for the long term, it’s still a long ways from powering your robotic butler / life coach / best friend, so it’s exciting to see it put to use in the here and now. The folks at Thecorpora, responsible for the Qbo open source robot project, have been busy converting Qbo’s original Java API into ROS, and just announced they’re at 99.9 percent completion of that task. That means the Qbo gets instant access to some of the fun development going on in ROS, like stacking all its cameras and ultrasonic sensors into a system for machine vision, or controlling the bot with a Wiimote or a PS3 controller.
While the Willow Garage-initiated ROS is designed to consolidate and accelerate robotics innovation for the long term, it’s still a long ways from powering your robotic butler / life coach / best friend, so it’s exciting to see it put to use in the here and now. The folks at Thecorpora, responsible for the Qbo open source robot project, have been busy converting Qbo’s original Java API into ROS, and just announced they’re at 99.9 percent completion of that task. That means the Qbo gets instant access to some of the fun development going on in ROS, like stacking all its cameras and ultrasonic sensors into a system for machine vision, or controlling the bot with a Wiimote or a PS3 controller.
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Open source Qbo bot makes the jump to ROS, the open source robot OS
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