Stanford Personal Robotics Program
A Stanford project started by PhD students Keenan Wyrobek and Eric Berger, backed by professors Ken Salisbury and Andrew Ng, to build shared hardware and software for personal robots. It produced the PR1 robot and the early ROS software, then moved to Willow Garage, where it became the PR2 and ROS.
- Robot models in the atlas
- 11 humanoid
- First robot
- 2008One year so far
- Headquarters
- StanfordCalifornia, United States
- Is it still sold?No longer soldEvery robot is retired or discontinued
- What is new?2017-10Co-creator tells how PR1 led to ROS
Robots
1 robot model shown in public in 2008. Newest first. Open one for its full profile.
What is inside
Chips and parts suppliers named for Stanford Personal Robotics Program's robots by the maker or reputable press.
What is new
The latest stories about Stanford Personal Robotics Program's robots, newest first.
- Co-creator tells how PR1 led to ROS IEEE Spectrum · PR1
- Spectrum revisits PR1 video IEEE Spectrum · PR1
- Bot Mitzvah Stanford Magazine · PR1
The company
What it says about itself and what the sources record.
- Founded
- 2006
- Headquarters
- Stanford, California, United States
- Focus
- mobile manipulation research platforms for homes and offices
- Funding
- Private donors (first gift $50k from Joanna Hoffman and Alain Rossmann) plus Stanford matching funds; aimed to raise $4 million; later funded by Scott Hassan's Willow Garage.
- Partners
- Stanford AI Robot (STAIR) team; Willow Garage (from 2008)
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Other makers of humanoids, starting with those in United States.
Sources
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