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It's the human-scale version of these parcel sorting devices https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRS0Uj2WdpA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRS0Uj2WdpA
by tommoor 3y ago
It's the human-scale version of these parcel sorting devices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRS0Uj2WdpA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRS0Uj2WdpA
- xg15 3y agoThat was the first thing that came to my mind as well. Given that those things already exist for some time, I wonder if Disney actually used them as a base and then made their own version of them or something.
- mtillman 3y agoUsed to be a ride at Coney Island: https://youtu.be/9Wz5vZmU8Dc?t=221 https://youtu.be/9Wz5vZmU8Dc?t=221
- ethbr1 3y agoSee some comments up top -- the patent is for a fundamentally different source of friction control. Ultrasonic, not mechanical/directional. Which should make it more amenable to higher-frequency control than mechanical systems would be able to shift at (given they're limited by mass). That said, having seen high-throughput parcel sorting, the modern tech is amazing and the reason we have flow-through logistics and 1-2 day delivery. They've got it slowed way down in that video. Here's a system at closer to full-speed: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nPWTfT9sO2Y&t=26s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nPWTfT9sO2Y&t=26s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JzURbt0qlqk&t=1m52s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JzURbt0qlqk&t=1m52s
- thfuran 3y agoIt may also make pets hate it.
- dylan604 3y agopurrfect. they won't be trying to get under foot while you can't see them in your VR set up.
- mickdarling 3y agoThe patent folks are pointing to is not what this Holotile is made of. The Holotiles are slanted disks that can both rotate around the vertical axis and the slanted axis, with control motors for each tile. The Ultrasonic stuff is for a different use case, though could be integrated into this, it is not the primary motive mechanism.