Countdown to Robot Takeover: They Can Play Pool Now

The folks at Willow Garage programmed their PR2 robot to play pool in less than a week.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMx1xW2E4Gg

I'm tempted to make a joke (What's next? Beer pong?) but to be honest, this is a little alarming.

Via Kurzweil AI