Willow Garage has announced the participants in their PR2 Open Beta Program, a $4.4M research initiative.

The PR2 is being taught to fold laundry, like a good personal robot should.

A video showcasing Kojiro, a humanoid robot with redundant actuators that simulates the human bone and muscle system.

Willow Garage has posted some nice videos that are adding fuel to the fire of their PR2 Beta Program that will soon be giving away 10 world-class robots.

Willow Garage’s PR2 Beta Program has received more than 100 letters of intent from robotics teams around the world.