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Willow Garage’s PR2 Robots are Officially On Sale for $400k With Possible...
The PR2 contemplates its worth. How much would you pay for a robot that can plug itself in, beat you in a game of pool, and fetch you a beer to soothe your wounded ego? Willow Garage is hoping the...
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Willow Garage Teaches Robot Not To Crush Puny Humans (Video)
LEFT: Bad robot, no crushing! RIGHT: That's it, treat the Sunkist with respect. If Sam Waterson taught me anything it’s that I need to fear the powerful grip of robots. Because robots are made of...
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Robot Operating System Celebrates 3rd Birthday with Exponential Growth (video)
ROS has expanded to include dozens of robots, and an exponentially growing amount of code. Open source robotics is working. For the past three years, the Robot Operating System (ROS) has served as one...
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Willow Garage’s PR2 Robot Operates Autonomously for 139 km!
In a test of its fortitude, the PR2 has gone the distance. What do you do when your robotic child is all grown up? I guess you make it run a marathon. Over the past few years, Willow Garage has taught...
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Another Dog Sniffs Cancer – So Why Aren’t Dogs In The Clinic?
A labrador retriever was trained to detect cancer in patients just by smelling their breath. Maybe you’ve heard that line about dogs being able to tell whether or not someone has cancer just by...
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The Future of Surfing – Sensors in the Board Record Everything
Mario Azurza's surfboard records everything that happens to it, and it talks through ROS. Ok, check it, braugh, you ever caught like a bitchin’ wave but didn’t like totally know how to like explain...
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Willow Garage Is Selling An Amateur Level Robot! Say Hi To TurtleBot (video)
iRobot + laptop + Kinect + gyro = TurtleBot. Could be a winning formula. For those that have been drooling over Willow Garage’s PR2, the Silicon Valley robotics company has a way to curb your hunger....
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Luna Personal Robot Brings You Telepresence and More for $3k. Can It Be a...
A few months ago a video was leaked of a mysterious robot. Now, after its official launch I can tell you that the mystery bot is none other than the Luna from RoboDynamics. RoboDynamics is a major...
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Robot Roommates Prove To Be a Dynamic Dining Duo Cooking Sausage and Pancakes
TUM-Rosie is ready to make the best wurst you've ever tasted. It’s official: robots make great roommates. Sure, they may hog all the electric outlets and WiFi bandwidth, but they’ll also cook you...
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One Armed Robot From Willow Garage Set to Expand Open Source Robotics
You can shake my hand for two hundred grand. I'm the PR2 SE. Willow Garage is running a half off sale on their PR2 robot. Take half off the price and half off the robot. The PR2 is a two-armed world...
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Willow Garage Spinoff Launches UBR-1 One-Armed, Mobile Robot
Unbounded Robotics, a spinoff of Willow Garage, recently debuted its first machine, UBR-1, a head and multi-jointed robotic arm on wheels that runs on the open-source Robot Operating System, or ROS....
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Willow Garage Teaches Robot Not To Crush Puny Humans (Video)
LEFT: Bad robot, no crushing! RIGHT: That's it, treat the Sunkist with respect. If Sam Waterson taught me anything it’s that I need to fear the powerful grip of robots. Because robots are made of...
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Robot Operating System Celebrates 3rd Birthday with Exponential Growth (video)
ROS has expanded to include dozens of robots, and an exponentially growing amount of code. Open source robotics is working. For the past three years, the Robot Operating System (ROS) has served as one...
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Willow Garage’s PR2 Robot Operates Autonomously for 139 km!
In a test of its fortitude, the PR2 has gone the distance. What do you do when your robotic child is all grown up? I guess you make it run a marathon. Over the past few years, Willow Garage has taught...
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Another Dog Sniffs Cancer – So Why Aren’t Dogs In The Clinic?
A labrador retriever was trained to detect cancer in patients just by smelling their breath. Maybe you’ve heard that line about dogs being able to tell whether or not someone has cancer just by...
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The Future of Surfing – Sensors in the Board Record Everything
Mario Azurza's surfboard records everything that happens to it, and it talks through ROS. Ok, check it, braugh, you ever caught like a bitchin’ wave but didn’t like totally know how to like explain...
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Willow Garage Is Selling An Amateur Level Robot! Say Hi To TurtleBot (video)
iRobot + laptop + Kinect + gyro = TurtleBot. Could be a winning formula. For those that have been drooling over Willow Garage’s PR2, the Silicon Valley robotics company has a way to curb your hunger....
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Luna Personal Robot Brings You Telepresence and More for $3k. Can It Be a...
A few months ago a video was leaked of a mysterious robot. Now, after its official launch I can tell you that the mystery bot is none other than the Luna from RoboDynamics. RoboDynamics is a major...
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Robot Roommates Prove To Be a Dynamic Dining Duo Cooking Sausage and Pancakes
TUM-Rosie is ready to make the best wurst you've ever tasted. It’s official: robots make great roommates. Sure, they may hog all the electric outlets and WiFi bandwidth, but they’ll also cook you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
One Armed Robot From Willow Garage Set to Expand Open Source Robotics
You can shake my hand for two hundred grand. I'm the PR2 SE. Willow Garage is running a half off sale on their PR2 robot. Take half off the price and half off the robot. The PR2 is a two-armed world...
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