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JULY 28, 2009 11:14AM
JULY 28, 2009 11:14AM
Rate: 15
Ciao adorabile umano! Ho bisogno di una batteria.
Little Rosie, irrelevantly named DustCart, zips through the streets of Piccioli, not only collecting trash in it's handy bin, but monitoring the pollutants in the air. It can bumble about without stumbling because DustCart's brain contains maps that tell it where buildings and obstacles are. No one has yet to explain how come it doesn't run over small children or (barking) dogs.
Regulars can make a call and summon the Little Rosie DustCart to their front door to take out the trash. Here's hoping they don't have to committ to a four hour window like Americans do for cable or phone hook-up.
But the fun doesn't end there. The scientists hope to have a cadre of brightly colored Rosies wandering around the EU with assistance from wi-fi and cameras on buildings. Not only will the Little Rosie DustCarts pick up trash and keep the cities squeaky clean, but they will also be programmed to come to the aid of tourists and the elderly.
Leave it to uber brainiac EU
Perhaps the ITC scientists should meet up with the MIT St. Agnes researchers: kind of like watching two super particle accelerators in motion. A match made in Nerdville.
Meet the Nerds, the birthers of the Bot
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and the world becomes more sterilized. rAted!
Just one more reason to love Italy.
Arrivederci litter! It might be interesting to mask the LittleRosie as a chariot when it's picking up at the Forum or Coliseum.
Interesting stuff.
Interesting stuff.
I need this for my house. I'll order one for me; one for my sister for Christmas.
It's interesting that we need to give the robot a face.
omg..."I, Robot" has come to life...where's Will Smith?
Shamwow!
I hope they are not wearing gold chains or carrying money.
Interesting idea.
Interesting idea.
MM - hygienically clean! too much, yes?
Steve - the little DustCart debuts in Japan soon.
Walter - I'm guessing Little Rosie is a good sport and ready for all kinds of dress up fun!
Deborah - great idea. I need one too.
marcelleqb- I don't mind the face - I do mind the stupid name. perhaps the face was so that it didn't scare small children and animals?
stopped_mind - funny!
noah - yep. sure is.
Buffy - that was funny too. I wonder if they have an accent?
Steve - the little DustCart debuts in Japan soon.
Walter - I'm guessing Little Rosie is a good sport and ready for all kinds of dress up fun!
Deborah - great idea. I need one too.
marcelleqb- I don't mind the face - I do mind the stupid name. perhaps the face was so that it didn't scare small children and animals?
stopped_mind - funny!
noah - yep. sure is.
Buffy - that was funny too. I wonder if they have an accent?
The Roomba sparked a trend in consumer and public robotics that I find kind of interesting: You take a wheeled appliance and build in motors, sensing capabilities, and a simple controller, and voila! You've got something cool and potentially useful. If I remember correctly, aside from robotic vacuum cleaners you can buy robotic lawn mowers, robotic snow-blowing machines, and even robotic garbage cans (which wheel themselves out to the curb on a regular schedule, rather than your having to do it yourself--siblings to these Italian jobs).
Rob - when I first came across this, I thought of the roomba. When we get to the Bots that vacuum and do laundry, I will be a happy girl. But they are intriguing. Tis the future.
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