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Ahn? I think a self-driving car would still need someone to carry the product from the car to the door, or am I missing something?
by aylons 13y ago
Ahn? I think a self-driving car would still need someone to carry the product from the car to the door, or am I missing something?
- yid 13y agoRumors are that Google is testing a grocery-delivery bipedal robot that can climb stairs, use the elevator, etc.
- briancaw2 13y agoI envy the teenagers of the future. They are going to have such wonderful targets of vandalism and destruction. However, it will make sad when Google adds defense mechanisms to the robots and skynet goes live.
- jeremyjh 13y agoYes and if it gets stumped it could alert a remote operator who could take over and figure out what to do. They don't have to handle every corner case if they have an escape hatch like that.
- yoster 13y agoThis will open up all types of theft. Camera on the robot? No problem, that mask and spray paint will clear that problem right up. Not to mention all the kids who will definitely be pushing this over for fun....
- nostromo 13y agoI envision getting a text. "Your pizza is here. Use code 4025 to open locker #24." "You have 20 seconds to comply." ;-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzlt7IbTp6M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzlt7IbTp6M
- saosebastiao 13y agoForcing people to be home is bad enough, but now you are forcing them to drop everything they are doing. Not exactly an amazing customer experience.
- nodata 13y agoThey wouldn't need to be home. The self-driving car would drive to the customer.
- svachalek 13y agoTrue, but given a choice between an amazing customer experience and saving money, most people choose the latter. See: ATM, phone tree, commercial air travel.
- yoster 13y agoI can just imagine the grandmother in a walking chair trying to get the package in a timely manner.
- venomsnake 13y agoA person can get on the lawn and take it from the vehicle. You just need to separate the inside of the vehicle on easily configurable compartments.
- yardie 13y agoThe delivery guy that does regular drops at our office does everything from crates of server parts to flatpack envelopes. I can't imagine any sort of separation that can account for the variety of deliveries that need to be made and be small enough to fit onto city side streets.
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- goostavos 13y agoLaunching mechanism of some kind. UPS style ;)