Posted 08.19.2010 at 11:55 am
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PR2 Plays Pool
As seen in Video: Willow Garage Robot Learns How to Play Pool in Just One Week
After showing it off to the world in a series of tantalizing videos, Willow Garage has finally announced that they will be making their PR2 robot available for sale next month.
This is the humanoid robot that we've seen shooting pool, folding laundry, fetching beer from the fridge, and even finding an outlet and plugging itself in for a well-deserved recharge. We've compiled a gallery of our favorite PR2 moments.
Disclaimer: Willow Garage has not sent or offered PopSci any cool gifts, such as an awesome free robot, in exchange for our continued objective coverage of their creations. We would like one with the beer software preloaded, please.
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alright finally! now I don't have to get up to get a beer. one question: how do you give it demands? i mean seriously. if it's not voice activated, then you would still have to get up to press in buttons for it to get you something. also, what if you have stairs in your house? it will just fall and break. still, overall, it's a nice invention.
HA! I make my wife get up and get me my beers.....O.K. not really. If I can't get up to get my own beer that probably means I don't need another one! :-)
I want one and I'll name it Bender!
YAY the time has come for men not to get up from the couch watching a game to get a beer we have a robot now. i'm crying at the hope of owning one