PR2 Robot Plays Pool

MCADJim Says:

Jul 23, 2010 - A pool-playing, beer-fetching robot. Get it to scratch its own crotch and fight people for no good reason and you've built the world's first artificial redneck. :D

jcims Says:

Aug 20, 2010 - I literally clapped at the last shot in the vid. CLO?

unabonger777 Says:

Aug 21, 2010 - now you should try to make one that does haircuts.

Seppel007 Says:

Aug 21, 2010 - thats just brilliant! like the science behind it...."simple" games offer very complex tasks

MScatolin1 Says:

Sep 23, 2010 - Great guys... really cool... why professors here in brazil don't let us built beer experts or pool players robots.. hahahRealy cool stuff..

mytotallyawesomename Says:

Oct 10, 2010 - can it smoke weed?

erikig Says:

Nov 12, 2010 - For just $400,000 you can get your own PR2 here: willowgarage (dot_ com/pages/pr2/orderComplete with:- Sensor suite (mono-stereo with texture projector, wide field of view color stereo, 5MP camera, tilting LIDAR, base LIDAR, IMU, pan/tilt platform, forearm cameras, gripper tip sensors)- 2 x onboard Xeon servers (each server: 8 cores i7, 24GB RAM, 2TB disk)- Full system Gigabit Ethernet network with 32GB backplane switch

johneastmond Says:

Nov 14, 2010 - from "locating the table" to long/difficult shots in a week, not bad!!!

CanineFaeces Says:

Dec 2, 2010 - Can it wank me off?

Tayb12345 Says:

Dec 2, 2010 - Nice work. Keep it up

GildedAlien Says:

Dec 5, 2010 - 1:20 that robot had his troll face on.

DomFinn Says:

Jan 14, 2011 - Robo pool shark.

MaxWyght Says:

Feb 26, 2011 - a bit confused here:Are you saying the bot made complex shots instead of preffering simpler ones?

jbbauer0 Says:

Mar 8, 2011 - no, theyre just saying it made some difficult shots in general.

JeffHardy5638 Says:

Mar 12, 2011 - SPARE TIME?

tzytnt2007 Says:

May 5, 2011 - at the end..the robot is like:'u suck!'

ItsBob4Sure Says:

Jun 7, 2011 - you cant let a ginger play lol

trandomphatguy Says:

Jul 2, 2011 - i thnk it`s a mix.

Nashrallen01 Says:

Aug 22, 2011 - you guys should do a little competition to see if the robot could beat someone in a competition...

KaiqueSumatso Says:

Sep 18, 2011 - I would love to see two PR2 playing (:

sweYoda2 Says:

Sep 23, 2011 - Skynet is making progress :)

YuriHisokaa Says:

Oct 17, 2011 - To forever alone guys.

MrEEPBppt Says:

Nov 28, 2011 - Awesome

TheGameruler123 Says:

Jan 30, 2012 - Guess he can't add spin =(

MikeHughJass Says:

Feb 27, 2012 - There is a long list of pool myths that could be debunked with this, as well as established facts like english-induced throw which could be quantified. Marketing claims from various manufacturers could also be examined...