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General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: Admin on January 19, 2010, 01:54:41 AM

Title: free Willow Garage robot (submit proposals)
Post by: Admin on January 19, 2010, 01:54:41 AM
Free is good . . . but you need to submit a nice proposal to get it . . .
http://www.willowgarage.com/pages/pr2-beta-program/cfp (http://www.willowgarage.com/pages/pr2-beta-program/cfp)

http://singularityhub.com/2010/01/18/willow-garage-gives-away-10-free-world-class-robots-to-jumpstart-open-source-revolution/ (http://singularityhub.com/2010/01/18/willow-garage-gives-away-10-free-world-class-robots-to-jumpstart-open-source-revolution/)

(http://www.willowgarage.com/sites/default/files/logos/CFP.png)
Title: Re: free Willow Garage robot (submit proposals)
Post by: SmAsH on January 19, 2010, 05:05:19 AM
Any idea what one of these cost or are worth?
Title: Re: free Willow Garage robot (submit proposals)
Post by: Admin on January 19, 2010, 07:38:06 AM
I would guestimate at bare minimum, $10k. More likely $20k or $30k. They'll probably be beta versions, with limited source code and documentation.
Title: Re: free Willow Garage robot (submit proposals)
Post by: SmAsH on January 19, 2010, 06:52:41 PM
Wow, that's insane!
Talk about kicking off open source stuff!
Title: Re: free Willow Garage robot (submit proposals)
Post by: madsci1016 on January 19, 2010, 10:43:45 PM
I think they are just trying to one up Sparkfun....

LoL
Title: Re: free Willow Garage robot (submit proposals)
Post by: Joker94 on January 19, 2010, 10:54:54 PM
Present that in front of my electronics class.. even a 360 degree turn would throw them into a spin. :D
Title: Re: free Willow Garage robot (submit proposals)
Post by: squirtking on February 06, 2010, 01:57:29 PM
Free is good . . . but you need to submit a nice proposal to get it . . .
http://www.willowgarage.com/pages/pr2-beta-program/cfp (http://www.willowgarage.com/pages/pr2-beta-program/cfp)

http://singularityhub.com/2010/01/18/willow-garage-gives-away-10-free-world-class-robots-to-jumpstart-open-source-revolution/ (http://singularityhub.com/2010/01/18/willow-garage-gives-away-10-free-world-class-robots-to-jumpstart-open-source-revolution/)

(http://www.willowgarage.com/sites/default/files/logos/CFP.png)


woooooooh that looks cool but probably cost about 40k