Aug 2, 2010

Science Scene - BeerBot :o)

Let me just start this entry by being clear where I stand on this:
I WANT, I WANT, I WANT :o)

The roboticists at Willow Garage, like the rest of us this summer, are thirsty. But they have the quick-learning PR2 bot to help out. Having mastered other handy tasks, like folding laundry and playing pool, the robot has now learned to fetch beer for its masters.


When the need strikes, a thirsty human simply has to open a web interface, choose his or her preferred brew, and click the "Beer Me" button. The PR2 opens the refrigerator and scans its contents using image recognition software; retrieves a bottle of the correct kind; and brings it to the human. It can optionally open the bottle as well.



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6 comments:

  1. ok orginally i wanted a kegarator but now i want a beer bot!!!!


    xxalainaxx

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  2. Finally! Technology doesn't zoom past the obvious and actually creates something for the common man.

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  3. I think this is wonderful technology now could they make one that does the Housework !!!!! :O) Ally x

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  4. Sounds great but, you watch, the next generation will be nagging you as well: "that's your third bottle tonight, don't forget you've got work tomorrow, yada, yada, yada."

    B.

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  5. Can it pour me a glass of iced tea? (I don't like beer.) ;)

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  6. Beer Me! The geek in me loves this.

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