STAIR or Stanford Artificial Intelligence Robot is only one of the many robots to come out of the robotic hotbed of Stanford University.

This robot is one of the first to make the transition from a single purpose robot like a Roomba to a robot that can do many different functions.

STAIR is able to listen to speech and internalize it. It is also able to recognize different objects and go fetch them based on voice commands. In simple terms it can do things like fetch objects or put away dishes.

Watch the robot fetch a stapler in this QuickTime video.

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