I was at SVLUG for the Willow Garage talk back in the day. Their robot could fold clothes, pickup a pizza, fetch a beer, etc. Everybody was so excited about g

I was at SVLUG for the Willow Garage talk back in the day. Their robot could fold clothes, pickup a pizza, fetch a beer, etc. Everybody was so excited about getting their own personal robot, until the price was announced at $440,000 each. So many jaws dropped. :) (Their robot was intended for school classes where they were in use several hours per day.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Garage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Garage