Day: June 8, 2009

PR2: Plugging Along for Robots That Can Relate

June 8, 2009May 23, 2015 Mike Henry No Comments

Photo Credit: Willow Garage Imagine a robot that can navigate through closed doors, around objects, and find electrical outlets to recharge its batteries. An experimental robot developed at Willow Garage has done just that. This machine negotiated its way through the course in under an hour according to researchers. John Markoff, in the online version…

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