We already wrote about robots PR 2, which creates an American company Willow Garage. These robots are on a mobile platform size of a human are designed to perform the simplest actions in various everyday situations. Groups of scientists from various universities in the U.S. are working to create software for robots.

This week the company Willow Garage has announced that the production of robots PR 2 “put on stream.” At the same time work to improve the robot will continue. To this end, the company is ready for a competitive basis to provide rent-free for ten robots PR 2 by any institutions or organizations that will use robots in their work. Such peculiar “tests” will allow, according to developers, not only to improve existing software and the ability of robots to perform certain tasks, but also prompt new directions in this field robotics.