Comments on: Willow Garage: The Personal Robot Will Be Open Source

By: Singularity University Promo Video Is Pretty Sweet | Singularity Hub

Singularity University Promo Video Is Pretty Sweet | Singularity Hub — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:47:23 +0000

[...] in the video is footage of the NASA vertical flight simulator, Vint Cerf and Dan Barry, a visit to Willow Garage, a zero G flight, a lego robotics workshop, and more. The unique music for this video was custom [...]

By: Willow Garage’s PR2 Robots are Officially On Sale for $400k With Possible Discounts | Singularity Hub

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:53:39 +0000

[...] via ROS). We’ve seen the bot fold towels, pick up trash, and play music as well as the autonomous recharging, pool sharking, and beer fetching we mentioned above. Each of these accomplishments are built off [...]

By: Willow Garage’s Big Announcement: PR2 Robots Will Go On Sale Next Month | Singularity Hub

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:34:10 +0000

[...] sale starting next month. The PR2 is a world class open source robot whose accomplishments include plugging itself in, playing pool, and light house-work. Willow Garage spent years, and reportedly millions of dollars, [...]

By: marXbot Feeds Itself By Hot-Swapping Batteries (video) | Singularity Hub

marXbot Feeds Itself By Hot-Swapping Batteries (video) | Singularity Hub — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:10:45 +0000

[...] that keeps themselves powered are nothing new. We’ve seen advanced humanoid bots that can plug themselves into the wall, and even robotic vacuums know how to get themselves fed. Yet the marXbot battery swap is pretty [...]

By: Willow Garage Is Building A Platform To Propel All Of Robotics (video) | Singularity Hub

Thu, 27 May 2010 17:59:25 +0000

[...] robotics research. They have a powerful tag team of open source hardware and software – the PR2 Beta robot and the Robot Operating System (ROS). Willow Garage is giving away eleven of these bots to research [...]

By: Willow Garage Ushers in Revolution With Open Source Robots (video) | Singularity Hub

Thu, 27 May 2010 14:42:12 +0000

[...] the PR2 research robot. You can find all its specs and accomplishments in our previous coverage here, here, and here. Willow Garage is also the driving force behind the vast libraries of advanced [...]

By: Breaking News: Willow Garage Announces 11 Winners for its Robot Give Away | Singularity Hub

Tue, 04 May 2010 16:05:20 +0000

[...] which research groups will be part of their PR2 Beta Program and receive one of their very own PR2 robots to work with. I had a chance to talk with Willow Garage and get some insight into the project. [...]

By: Huge News: Willow Garage to Give Away 10 PR2 Robots « Robot Insurance

Huge News: Willow Garage to Give Away 10 PR2 Robots « Robot Insurance — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:28:47 +0000

[...] acclaimed by news organizations such as the New York Times, Popular Science, Hizook, and pretty much everyone else. This should be an interesting year for Willow Garage. The full [...]

By: Berkeley Gets Willow Garage Robot to Fold Towels – Simply Stunning Video | Singularity Hub

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:06:14 +0000

[...] just got roped into doing some light housework. Researchers at UC Berkeley used Willow Garage’s PR2 robot to fold towels. The UCB programming used some innovative visual scanning allowing the PR2 to pick [...]

By: An Insider’s Look At Singularity University | Singularity Hub

An Insider’s Look At Singularity University | Singularity Hub — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:40:26 +0000

[...] 3-time shuttle astronaut and head of faculty at Singularity U, partners with the good folks at Willow Garage and the guys behind Personal Robot-2 to bring in a telepresence robot. As he is testing the thing, Scott Hassan, founder of Willow [...]

By: Romana Maire

Romana Maire — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:05:00 +0000

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By: Segway Made from Lego Robot Kit Works Without a Gyro (video) | Singularity Hub

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:07:48 +0000

[...] reside somewhere on the same continuum as open source robotics from world-class developers like Willow Garage. Intense interest generated at one end of that continuum may help build the momentum to further [...]

By: Willow Garage Creates Awesome Open Source Telepresence Robots (video) | Singularity Hub

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:45:00 +0000

[...] open source robotics need look no further than Willow Garage. Not satisfied with merely creating an amazing robot platform that plugs itself in to recharge (PR2), they are also one of the driving forces behind an open source Robot Operating System (ROS). Now, [...]

By: Willow Garage Gives Away 10 Free Robots to Jumpstart Open Source Revolution | Singularity Hub

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:16:31 +0000

[...] PR2 Beta Robots. The PR2 line achieved wide-spread notoriety in 2009 with its ability to plug itself into a wall outlet and recharge itself. Each PR2 Beta is valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and represent a unique entry point [...]

By: Robotic Arm Opens Doors for Wheelchairs (Video) | Singularity Hub

Robotic Arm Opens Doors for Wheelchairs (Video) | Singularity Hub — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:35:01 +0000

[...] it is automated, and can’t really be compared with the door opening prowess of a robot like Willow Garage’s PR2. Still, for a wheelchair bound individual the device could certainly come in handy. Rapacki has [...]