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Kawaii Snow-eating Robot
Snow. Love it or hate it, can be pretty annoying at times (from what I’d imagine). It collects in your driveway and you have to shovel it, which is just extra work. Some Japanese researchers have developed the “Yuki Taro” - a machine that rolls over snow, collecting it and then compressing it into hard ice bricks that it then leaves behind. The ice bricks then can be used for refrigeration in warmer months. The machine has video cameras and GPS installed so it can “see” where it is going.
It’s a funny looking robot and has a very cutesy appearance. It can all be yours for about 1 million yen - or around $USD8000. The designers are working on reducing the size and weight but come on - who wouldn’t want one?
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007 Japan, Japanese News, Japanese Products Trackback URL for this entry
4 Comments
1. JB replies at 13th February 2007, 9:18 am :
What need has an Aussie for a snow eating robot?
Or would you train it to eat other stuff? Like, um, sand?
2. crushmonkey replies at 13th February 2007, 10:34 pm :
Dust. Lots of Dust.
It could turn it into bricks. So we could build more pubs.
3. Jo replies at 14th February 2007, 10:59 pm :
It turds out ice blocks!?
4. Sophie replies at 27th March 2007, 3:38 pm :
That looks really interresting! Bad you can’t make the picture bigger… But it most be very usefull in the wintertime ^_^
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