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Towel-folding robot now on general sale

By Macgregor Campbell

14 September 2010

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For sale; deep pockets needed

(Image: Willow Garage)

GOT a spare $400,000 lying around? Forget buying a house and splash out on your own robot instead.

Silicon Valley start-up Willow Garage has put its PR2 robot The robot’s two gripper-equipped arms, laser scanner and multiple cameras allow it to , and when it needs to recharge. But even Willow Garage concedes that the price tag will deter all but the richest customers. “This isn’t pocket change,” says of Willow Garage. The most likely customers…

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