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Re: [OM] IMG: Robot

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Robot
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 22:48:35 +1000
Very interesting.  If you encounter one of these on the footpath, who/what
gives way ?  What happens if you pick it up, turn it 180 degrees and put it
down ?  If you turn it upside down what does it do ?  Looks like a whole new
world of entertainment for the interested pedestrian !

...Wayne


> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus <olympus-
> bounces+wayne.harridge=structuregraphs.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
> Behalf Of Chris Trask
> Sent: Tuesday, 7 April 2020 9:20 AM
> To: Olympus Discussion Group <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] IMG: Robot
> 
>      Most restaurant and many other places have been reduced to drive
thru,
> takeout, and delivery, but a local mom & pop pizza restaurant has come up
> with a novel idea:  Delivery robots.  These have been on the local news
these
> past few days, and today I encountered one while cycling to the post
office:
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/49744369657/
> 
> I took the time to watch this one for a while, and saw that it has no
steering.
> Only the centre wheels are motorised.  When it needs to turn, the outer
> wheels rise up and one of the centre wheels is activated.  Very efficient
and
> clever design.
> 
> Chris
> 
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
>      - Hunter S. Thompson
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