We've been following the development of Willow Garage's PR2 robot for over a year, and now you can finally plunk down your $400,000 to get a beer serving, pool playing, and outlet finding PR2 of your own.
Willow Garage, a group of 'bot builders who see "personal robots as the next paradigm shifting personal productivity tool for mankind," are working toward that end by developing robots that are unobtrusive and self-maintaining. One such robot is the PR2,...