Robot fetches beer, sandwiches; plays pool

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Submission + - Robot fetches beer, sandwiches; plays pool (computerworld.com.au)

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angry tapir

on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @10:16PM

angry tapir writes: "Researchers at the University of Technology, Sydney have programmed a second generation PR2 (personal robot) designed by Willow Garage in Silicon Valley to play pool, as well as fetch sandwiches and beer from a fridge using open source software."

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