Friday, August 12, 2011

Willow Garage slashes price, arm with PR2 SE robot

Looking to build your own Bakebot using Willow Garage's PR2 robot development platform but can't quite scrape together the necessary $400k? Then we've got some good news for you. The company's now offering a modified version dubbed the PR2 SE for a mere $285,000 (or less if you meet the requirements for a 30 percent discount). The bad news? You'll have to make do with just one arm. As seen previously with the aforementioned Bakebot, both the existing PR2 and the new PR2 SE also now come equipped with an updated sensor system that includes a Microsoft Kinect, and you'll be glad to know that the SE model can indeed be upgraded to two arms at any time. Press release is after the break.

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Willow Garage slashes price, arm with PR2 SE robot originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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