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RoboGames 2010: Texai vs. Phun Bot

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Monday, 26 of April , 2010 at 2:30 am

Perhaps inspired by Pleo’s epic Combot battle, Willow Garage decided to put one of their Texai telepresence robots in the RoboGames combat arena to see what would happen. Unlike poor Pleo, however, the Texai found itself up against a friendly little drink serving robot called Phun Bot, built by Jerry Serafin. Violence ensued:

The lesson here? It’s obvious: use ROS or else Texai will kick your bot’s ass. BAM.

[ Texai ]

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Category: Competitive

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Comment by Jo

Made Monday, 26 of April , 2010 at 9:55 am

Oops, sorry for the double post, here the link I missed firt time:
http://uppix.net/4/0/f/59a7266889b9ff6658fa0209e50ec.png (Asimov)

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