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Where I live we can get deliveries by starships https://www.starship.xyz/ https://www.starship.xyz/. The vehicles are kind of cute when you see them in action.

NikolaNovak 3y ago
Ok that seems like far more practical idea
- throwaway94250 3y ago
  They seem practical until you realize how easy it is to steal one.
  - bombcar 3y ago
    The starships on the road are free you can just take them I have 458 starships. Those wheels look moderately impractical- larger wheels might have more clearance. Reminds me that we had pneumatic tubes and miniature railways between buildings a century ago.
stevekemp 3y ago
They do look cute, I remember being completely taken-aback the first time I saw one in the wild - I had to resist the temptation to stand in front of it, to see what would happen. Though I did wonder how they'll cope in winter-weather. I can't imagine they'd do so well on snow/ice.
- kwhitefoot 3y ago
  But there are plenty of places that don't have much snow and ice where they should be perfectly practical. Ice shouldn't be a problem, they could swap to studded tyres in the winter just like we do for cars here in Norway. Snow would be a much bigger problem though I agree!
- 93po 3y ago
  I'd encourage you to stand in front of it. Commercializing public walkways like this is fine, I guess, but as a human walking around for non-commercial reasons, I feel like you have the right to do whatever you want (within reason) that doesn't impact other humans.
mb_72 3y ago
They've been working on those things in Tallinn for years, and I've only ever seen them operate in a very limited area, and even then it's not unusual to see them seemingly stuck at the nearby rail crossing. Meanwhile a human on a Bolt scooter ate their and their investor's lunch IMO.
kwhitefoot 3y ago
They've been using them in Milton Keynes too: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/apr/12/robots-deliver-food-milton-keynes-coronavirus-lockdown-starship-technologies https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/apr/12/robots-deliv... Also DPD piloted something similar in Milton Keynes and is now going to do it i ten towns in the UK: https://green.dpd.co.uk/news/16 https://green.dpd.co.uk/news/16

NikolaNovak 3y ago

Ok that seems like far more practical idea

throwaway94250 3y ago
They seem practical until you realize how easy it is to steal one.
- bombcar 3y ago
  The starships on the road are free you can just take them I have 458 starships. Those wheels look moderately impractical- larger wheels might have more clearance. Reminds me that we had pneumatic tubes and miniature railways between buildings a century ago.

stevekemp 3y ago

They do look cute, I remember being completely taken-aback the first time I saw one in the wild - I had to resist the temptation to stand in front of it, to see what would happen. Though I did wonder how they'll cope in winter-weather. I can't imagine they'd do so well on snow/ice.

kwhitefoot 3y ago
But there are plenty of places that don't have much snow and ice where they should be perfectly practical. Ice shouldn't be a problem, they could swap to studded tyres in the winter just like we do for cars here in Norway. Snow would be a much bigger problem though I agree!
93po 3y ago
I'd encourage you to stand in front of it. Commercializing public walkways like this is fine, I guess, but as a human walking around for non-commercial reasons, I feel like you have the right to do whatever you want (within reason) that doesn't impact other humans.

mb_72 3y ago

They've been working on those things in Tallinn for years, and I've only ever seen them operate in a very limited area, and even then it's not unusual to see them seemingly stuck at the nearby rail crossing. Meanwhile a human on a Bolt scooter ate their and their investor's lunch IMO.

kwhitefoot 3y ago

They've been using them in Milton Keynes too: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/apr/12/robots-deliver-food-milton-keynes-coronavirus-lockdown-starship-technologies https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/apr/12/robots-deliv... Also DPD piloted something similar in Milton Keynes and is now going to do it i ten towns in the UK: https://green.dpd.co.uk/news/16 https://green.dpd.co.uk/news/16