Willow Garage’s PR2 robot
posted Jul 7th 2009 7:53am by Caleb Kraftfiled under: robots hacks
We would like you to meet PR2. Made by Willow Garage, PR2 is a platform for research into robotic programming. The bot itself is simple compared to some of the humanoid bots we see, but its behavior is quite complex. In the video above, you see PR2 completing milestone 2 of its development. This includes navigating an office with closed doors and plugging itself into a standard wall outlet for a charge. We’re especially fond of the “wiggle”. You can hear some of the developers talk more about PR2 and its completion of milestone 2 in the video after the break.
[via BotJunkie]
pr2 is so…cute! His behaviorisms (wiggling, etc) are seemingly quite un-robotic, and therefore endearing :)