Was $400,0002010 list price. A discount applied for groups committing to open-source work.

Discontinued · unavailableVia SSH / web / bridgeROS birthplaceTwo 7-DoF armsResearch iconDiscontinued

UnavailableShipping: Not sold. Out of production since Willow Garage closed. Units occasionally change hands between labs.

Remote control: ROS 1 on the robot's servers. A Linux workstation joins the ROS network.

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Overview

The two-armed robot Willow Garage built alongside ROS. It did laundry, fetched beer and opened doors in the early 2010s. Only a few dozen were made, mostly for universities through a beta program. Willow Garage closed in 2014 and Clearpath took over support. Surviving units sit in museums and labs.

Specifications

Category	Wheeled rovers · Research mobile manipulators & platforms
Released	2010
Availability	Discontinued · unavailable
Programmability	Open source (hardware + software)
Best for	Professionals & labs
Vision sensors	Camera, Depth camera, Lidar
Actuators	DC / gear motors
Audio	Unknown
Compute type	x86 PC (Intel / AMD)
Remote control	Via SSH / web / bridge
Size	1.33–1.65 m tall, ~220 kg (est.)
Drive	Omnidirectional base (powered casters)
Compute	Two on-board multi-core Intel Xeon servers
Vision	Stereo cameras, high-res camera, later Kinect
Lidar	Base Hokuyo lidar + tilting Hokuyo lidar
Sensors	Gripper pressure sensors, IMU, fingertip sensors
Runtime	~2 h
Speed	~1 m/s (est.)
SDK	ROS 1 (it was the robot ROS was built for)