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Tag Archives: ROS
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 [...]
Posted in Robots
Tagged open source robotics, PR2, PR2 SE, robot sale, ROS, Willow Garage
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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 [...]
Posted in Robots, Video Central
Tagged PR2, robot cooking, ROS, Technical University of Munchen, Technische Universität München, TUM-James, TUM-Rosie
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Luna Personal Robot Brings You Telepresence and More for $3k. Can It Be a Game Changer?
A few months ago a video was leaked of a mysterious robot. Now, after its official launch I can tell [...]
Posted in Robots, Video Central
Tagged Luna, LunaOS, open source, personal robot, RoboDynamics, ROS
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Willow Garage Is Selling An Amateur Level Robot! Say Hi To TurtleBot (video)
For those that have been drooling over Willow Garage’s PR2, the Silicon Valley robotics company has a way to curb [...]
Posted in Robots, Video Central
Tagged iRobot Create, Kinect, personal robot, ROS, TurtleBot, Willow Garage
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Another Dog Sniffs Cancer – So Why Aren’t Dogs In The Clinic?
Maybe you’ve heard that line about dogs being able to tell whether or not someone has cancer just by smelling [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Robots
Tagged haptics, Joe Romano, PR2, ROS, tactile feedback, UPENN, Willow Garage
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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, [...]
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 [...]
Willow Garage Is Building A Platform To Propel All Of Robotics (video)
Willow Garage is making a play to become the definitive platform for robotics research. They have a powerful tag team [...]
Posted in Robots
Tagged PR2 Beta Program launch party, PR2 Robot, robotic platform, ROS, Willow Garage
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Breaking News: Willow Garage Announces 11 Winners for its Robot Give Away
Today is a good day to be a robotics engineer. Not only is it the first day of ICRA, it’s [...]
Willow Garage Lets You Control Your Robot From a Web Browser (video)
Willow Garage is one of the leading innovators of open source robotics, so it’s no surprise that they introduce some [...]
Newly Found “Secrets To Aging” Are Over Hyped
Recent work in Newcastle, UK and at the University of Ulm, Germany has been toted as discovering the “secrets to [...]
Intel Robot Senses Wall Outlet, Plugs Itself In
The robots are starting to feed themselves. Marvin, the prototype from Intel Labs Seattle, can now plug itself into a [...]
Posted in Robots
Tagged Intel Labs Seattle, Marvin robot, open source, plug itself in, ROS, Willow Garage
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