Tag Archives: PR2

Robot: I Now Have Common Sense. Engineer: Great, Go Fetch Me a Sandwich!

Willow Garage’s gifted PR2 robot just got even smarter. Developers from the University of Tokyo and the Technical University of [...]

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One Armed Robot From Willow Garage Set to Expand Open Source Robotics

Willow Garage is running a half off sale on their PR2 robot. Take half off the price and half off [...]

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Robot Roommates Prove To Be a Dynamic Dining Duo Cooking Sausage and Pancakes

It’s official: robots make great roommates. Sure, they may hog all the electric outlets and WiFi bandwidth, but they’ll also [...]

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Quadriplegic Regains Control, Independence With Robot Helper (video)

For ten years, Henry Evans couldn’t even scratch his nose. Now he has a $400,000 robot do it for him. [...]

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A Night Out with the Willow Garage Robots – New Info From the Press Dinner

When a robot asks you out on a date, say yes. Wednesday night, Willow Garage hosted a small press dinner [...]

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Pool Playing Robot Shoots Five Billiard Balls in a Row (video)

Not every masters thesis will earn you street cred in a pool hall, but this one will. Thomas Nierhoff, from [...]

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Storybook Time With the PR2 – This Robot Can Read Anything It Sees

The University of Pennsylvania has been elevating students’ understanding of literature since 1740…and robots’ since 2011. UPenn’s GRASP Lab has [...]

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Watch Willow Garage’s PR2 Robot Solve a Rubik’s Cube With Autonomous Glee (video)

“Welcome to your new home, now please solve this Rubik’s Cube.” – when you’re a robot, people greet you in [...]

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Willow Garage’s PR2 Robot Operates Autonomously for 139 km!

What do you do when your robotic child is all grown up? I guess you make it run a marathon. [...]

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Willow Garage Announces First Sales of PR2 Robot, Plus a Great Video

More institutions are buying into Willow Garage‘s vision for accelerating the field of robotics. The Silicon Valley startup announced that [...]

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Willow Garage Teaches Robot Not To Crush Puny Humans (Video)

If Sam Waterson taught me anything it’s that I need to fear the powerful grip of robots. Because robots are [...]

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Willow Garage’s PR2 Robots are Officially On Sale for $400k With Possible Discounts

How much would you pay for a robot that can plug itself in, beat you in a game of pool, [...]

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Student Teaches Lessons to Willow Garage Robots (video)

I’m not sure what you’re favorite summer job was during high school but I bet it wasn’t nearly as cool [...]

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Willow Garage’s Big Announcement: PR2 Robots Will Go On Sale Next Month

Someone please lend me a few hundred thousand dollars, I have something I need to buy. Willow Garage just announced [...]

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Willow Garage Robot Fetches Beer, Engineers Rejoice (Video)

Not convinced that robots are the wave of the future? Maybe an ice cold lager will change your mind. Willow [...]

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Willow Garage’s PR2 Robot Plays Janitor By Cleaning Up With a Cart (video)

In its latest step towards becoming a real boy, Willow Garage‘s PR2 has learned another human skill: cleaning up after [...]

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Willow Garage’s PR2 Robots Dance on the Way to Their New Homes (video)

What does any good teenager do upon leaving home for the first time? Dance and party. Well, robots are no [...]

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Up Close and Personal With Willow Garage’s PR2 Robot (Video)

The PR2 robot is an amazing piece of hardware. Willow Garage set out to create a world class research platform [...]

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Willow Garage Celebrates April Fools’ with “Telepresence for Robots” Video

Everyone likes playing April Fools’ pranks, but when you get robots in on the action, it’s just that much funnier. [...]

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Berkeley Gets Willow Garage Robot to Fold Towels – Simply Stunning Video

Robots just got roped into doing some light housework. Researchers at UC Berkeley used Willow Garage’s PR2 robot to fold [...]

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Willow Garage Shares Specs for TeleRobot, Takes It To Show and Tell at School

Wouldn’t you have loved to be the kid who brought a real life working robot to school for show and [...]

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Willow Garage Gives Away 10 Open Source Robots

Open source robotics received a huge boost in momentum last Friday. Willow Garage, one of the driving forces behind the [...]

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Willow Garage: The Personal Robot Will Be Open Source

Want to build a robot? Join the club. Want to improve the way we build robots? Join Willow Garage. This [...]

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