Article on Willow Garage, where we'll visit in November

Household robots are moving from science fiction to reality

Willow Garage's PR2 robot can fold clothes, set a table and bake cookies. It costs too much and does too little to interest consumers, but researchers are rapidly developing technology to make it more useful and less expensive.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-robots-20110928,0,2682137.story