Robot designers at Willow Garage take the next step in the evolution of robot bartenders with its intelligently designed PR2.
We've seen crude beer bots before, including one that will grab you a beer bring it to you, another that works at a bar, and a $200,000 model that can pour beer in a glass. But this one can open beer bottles, and its object and face recognition allows it to differentiate brands of beer in the 'fridge. It uses face detection to deliver it to the right person, and is adaptable to your particular refrigerator.
One thing's for sure — they're going to need to speed up this bot significantly — we could die of thirst waiting for this slowpoke.
PR2 and his well-trained software is not for sale yet, but his advanced capabilities remind us that it won't be long until we'll have robots doing our bidding in the home. Until then, a well-trained dog might be able to do pretty much the same thing. LINK
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