Silicon Valley
Jun 10 2009, Atul

Apparently, it is difficult to decide the exact time when we would have a thoroughly capable robotic personal assistant in the office. Cheerfully enough, the PR2 prototype from Willow Garage (the place where Google was born), a Silicon Valley...

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