Willow Garage
Willow Garage was a robotics research lab and incubator founded by Scott Hassan that built the PR2 and created the open-source ROS software. It shut down in early 2014, with PR2 support moving to Clearpath Robotics.
- Robot models in the atlas
- 11 humanoid
- First robot
- 2010One year so far
- Headquarters
- Menlo ParkUnited States
- Is it still sold?No longer soldEvery robot is retired or discontinued
- Who uses it?1 robot model in useEleven PR2s went to research teams in the June 2010 beta program;
- What is new?2014-01-15Clearpath takes over PR2 support and service
Robots
1 robot model shown in public in 2010. Newest first. Open one for its full profile.
Humanoids 1 humanoid
What is inside
Chips and parts suppliers named for Willow Garage's robots by the maker or reputable press.
Who uses it
Customers and deployments reported for Willow Garage's robots. Each robot's page links its sources.
PR22010 · DiscontinuedEleven PR2s went to research teams in the June 2010 beta program; sales ran until Willow Garage closed in 2014.
What is new
The latest stories about Willow Garage's robots, newest first.
- Clearpath takes over PR2 support and service Clearpath Robotics · PR2
- Willow Garage announces September PR2 sales Singularity Hub · PR2
- Eleven PR2s sent to research labs on two-year loans Stanford Magazine · PR2
- Milestone 3 complete: PR2 betas ready and ROS 1.0 Willow Garage Japan (official Japanese-language blog) · PR2
The company
What it says about itself and what the sources record.
- Founded
- 2006
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, United States
- Focus
- Personal robotics research and open-source robot software (ROS, OpenCV, PCL)
- Funding
- Privately funded by founder Scott Hassan (amount not published); closed 2014
- Partners
- 11 PR2 beta research teams (2010); Clearpath Robotics (PR2 support after 2014); spin-offs Suitable Technologies, Industrial Perception and Open Robotics
Similar makers
Other makers of humanoids, starting with those in United States.
Sources
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