PR2 delivers mail at Willow Garage, a Silicon Valley firm that developed it as an easily customized research robot.

硅谷一家公司Willow Garage研发的PR 2机器人正在公司内部送邮件。它是一个简单定制的试验机器人。

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Just last month, a service robot developed by Willow Garage in Silicon Valley proved it could navigate the real world.

就在上个月，来自硅谷的Willow Garage公司开发的服务机器人，已证明其能够在现实世界中起到积极作用。

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Willow Garage spokesman Tim Smith says the company was "founded on the premise that 90 percent of robot scientists spend their time wasting their time."

Willow Garage公司的发言人蒂姆·史密斯说公司是“建立在一个前提之下，那就是90%的机器人科学家花费他们的时间都浪费掉了。”

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So far Willow Garage has built twenty PR2s, not exactly the makings of a fearsome robot army.

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Willow Garage and Professor Kemp were contacted by Henry shortly afterwards, and we have been collaborating since then.

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Last year, Henry caught a TV interview of Georgia Tech Professor Charlie Kemp showing research with the Willow Garage PR2 robot.

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