Dutch Unveil Robot Gas Station Attendant
posted on 06 Feb 2008 10:37 by makumekDutch Unveil Robot Gas Station Attendant
Posted by
kdawson
on Tuesday February 05, @04:53PM
from the what-could-possibly-go-wrong dept.
from the what-could-possibly-go-wrong dept.
Lucas123 writes "According to a Reuters' story, Dutch inventors today took the wraps off a $110,000 car-fueling robot
they say is the first of its kind. (It was inspired by a cow milking
robot.) After registering the car as it pulls up to the pump, the
machine matches your fuel cap design with those in a database and your
car's fuel type, and then a robotic arm fitted with multiple sensors
extends from a regular gas pump, 'opens the car's flap, unscrews the
cap, picks up the fuel nozzle and directs it towards the tank opening,
much as a human arm would, and as efficiently.' Wait till Hollywood
gets hold of this scenario."
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