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The folks at Willow Garage programmed their PR2 robot to play pool in less than a week.
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I'm tempted to make a joke (What's next? Beer pong?) but to be honest, this is a little alarming.
Via Kurzweil AI
Countdown to Robot Takeover: They Can Play Pool Now
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